Comics as History, Comics as Literature

Roles of the Comic Book in Scholarship, Society, and Entertainment

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Comics as History, Comics as Literature

Roles of the Comic Book in Scholarship, Society, and Entertainment

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This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one. Few resources currently exist showing the cross-disciplinary aspects of comics. Some of the chapters examine the use of Wonder Woman during World War II, the development and culture of French comics, and theories of Locke and Hobbs in regards to the state of nature and the bonds of community. More so, the continual use of comics for the retelling of classic tales and current events demonstrates that the genre has long passed the phase of for children’s eyes only. Additionally, this anthology also weaves graphic novels into the dialogue with comics.

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2013, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
France, The Second Comics Market
Antiquity and Bandes Dessinées: Schizophrenic Nationalism Between Atlanticism and Marxism
Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoàng
Did You Learn Your Strip?: The History of France as Comic Fad in the 1970s
Guillaume de Syon
“Ils sont fous ces Gaulois!”: Astérix, Lucky Luke, Freedom Fries, and the Love-Hate Relationship Between France and the United States
Annick Pellegrin
Nation and Revolution
Image and Text in Service of the Nation: Historically-themed Comic Books as Civic Education in 1980s Mexico
Melanie Huska
Images of US Wars
Who is Diana Prince?: The Amazon Army Nurse of World War II
Peter Lee
Wonder Woman as Patriotic Icon: The Amazon Princess for the Nation and Femininity
Annessa Ann Babic
Comic Containment: No Laughing Matter
James C. Lethbridge
Graphic/Narrative/History: Defining the Essential Experience(s) of 9/11
Lynda Goldstein
Morals, Ethics, and Race
Super Gay!: Depictions of Homosexuality in Mainstream Superhero Comics
Kara M. Kvaran
The Man in the Gray Metal Suit: Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four, and the Costs of Conformity
Micah Rueber
Seen City: Frank Miller’s Re-Imaging as a Cinematic “New Real”
Christina Dokou
Dark Logic
The Zombie Apocalypse: A Fictional State of Nature?
Faiz Sheikh
Logicomix and the Enunciatory Apparatus
Beatrice Skordili
Works Cited
Index
About the Contributors

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Madison, NJ

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Library of Congress
, PN6714 .C653 2014

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Open Library
OL25441958M
ISBN 13
9781611475562
LCCN
2013034608
OCLC/WorldCat
856054388

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