This book analyses the portrayals of the Holocaust in newspaper cartoons, educational pamphlets, short stories
and graphic novels. Focusing on recognised and lesser-known illustrators from Europe and beyond, the volume looks at autobiographical and fictional accounts and seeks to paint ...
This book analyses graphic novels which document social crises. It demonstrates that artists’ documentary use
of this medium is a form of social realism, inextricably bound up with politics and ideology. Theoretical and visual approaches are employed throughout, introducing the ...
Comics traffic in stereotypes, which can translate into real danger, as was the case when,
in 2015, two Muslim gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, which had published depictions of Islam and Muhammad perceived by many to ...
Exploring image and imagination in conjunction with natural environments, the animal, and the human, this
collection of essays turns the ecocritical and ecocompositional gaze upon comic studies. The comic form has a long tradition of representing environmental rhetoric. Through discussions ...
Contributions by Eric Bain-Selbo, Jeremy Barris, Maria Botero, Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr., David J. Leichter,
Ian MacRae, Jeff McLaughlin, Alfonso Muñoz-Corcuera, Corry Shores, and Jarkko TuusvuoriIn a follow-up to Comics as Philosophy, international contributors address two questions: Which ...
The first of its kind, this annotated guide describes and evaluates more than 400 works
in English. Rothschild's lively annotations discuss important features of each work-including the quality of the graphics, characterizations, dialogue, and the appropriate audience-and introduces mainstream readers ...
Perspectives on French-language comics and graphic novels INCLUDES Baru, The Working Class and Comics: A
French Cartoonist's Perspective Bart Beaty, The Concept of 'Patrimoine' in Contemporary Franco-Belgian Comics Production Cécile Vernier Danehy, Textual Absence, Textual Color: A Journey Through ...
Imagine a classroom where students put away their smart phones and enthusiastically participate in learning
activities that unleash creativity and refine critical thinking. Students today live and learn in a transmedia environment that demands multi-modal writing skills and multiple literacies. ...