Comics and Graphic Novels: Scholarship

Latin American comics and graphic novels have a unique history of addressing controversial political, cultural, and social issues. This volume presents new perspectives on how comics on and from Latin America both view and express collective memory of major historical events and processes. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines including literary theory, cultural studies, and history, explore topics including national identity construction, narratives of resistance to colonialism and imperialism, the construction of revolutionary traditions, and the legacies of authoritarianism and political violence. The chapters offer a background history of comics and graphic novels in the region, and survey a range of countries and artists such as Joaquín Salvador Lavado (a.k.a Quino), Héctor G. Oesterheld, and Juan Acevedo. They also highlight the unique ability of this art and literary form to succinctly render memory, documenting the essential role of comics during the transition from dictatorship to democracy.

Collection of essays by international group of scholars on the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Essays analyze a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives.

A comprehensive survey of comics in the USA, including anthologies and reprints. Use for its reviews, scholarship, criticism, and theory.

The result of 50 years of research Lent has written the first overview of Asian comics (both mainstream and alternative), graphic novels, and newspaper comic strips. Lent describes the a "golden age" of cartooning in each country and current work. Provides detailed information on comics of sixteen countries and regions -- their histories, key creators, characters, contemporary status, problems, trends, and issues.

The most comprehensive bibliography of the comic art of 87 countries, with over 10,000 citations, organized by region, country, and identifying characteristics. Includes a directory of comic related periodicals by region.

Covers most comics art forms in mainland China from the nineteenth century to the present. Describes the evolution of Chinese comics within a global context, Based primarily on interviews of 100+ cartoonists, animators, and other comic art figures. Includes a comprehensive review of secondary materials (histories, anthologies, biographies, memoirs, and more) in English and Chinese.

The first English overview of cartoon art in this region, based on hundreds of interviews with Southeast Asia's major cartoonists, as well as textual analyses of specific cartoons, on-the-spot observations, and close scrutiny of historical documents. Covers all genres of printed cartoon art as well unique features of the region: comics that gave their name to a national trait, some of the earliest graphic novels worldwide, and a king who hired a cartoonist to illustrate his books.