Literary Criticism Comics & Graphic Novels
From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich
The Materiality of Cheap Comics
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2024
- Category
- Comics & Graphic Novels, Media Studies, 20th Century, Popular Culture
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781496851628
- Publish Date
- Jun 2024
- List Price
- $37.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781496851611
- Publish Date
- Jun 2024
- List Price
- $124.00
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Description
A fascinating dive into the understudied material history of comics
About the author
Neale Barnholden is a lecturer at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Originally from Vancouver, he studies American comics.
Editorial Reviews
Through brilliant close readings of a diverse range of comics, Barnholden advances the discourse on comics and materiality and expands our understanding of what comics and book history can bring to each other.
Aaron Kashtan, author of Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future