The graphic novel : an introduction

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Main Authors: Baetens, Jan, Frey, Hugo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to the graphic novel: a special type of comic book
  • 2. Adult comics before the graphic novel: from moral panic to pop art sensationalism, 1945-67
  • 3. Underground comix and mainstream evolutions, 1968-80
  • 4. 'Not just for kids': clever comics and the new graphic novels
  • 5. Understanding panel and page layouts
  • 6. Drawing and style, word and image
  • 7. The graphic novel as a specific form of storytelling
  • 8. The graphic novel and literary fiction: exchanges, interplays and fusions
  • 9. Nostalgia and the return of history.