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The greatest comic book of all time : symbolic capital and the field of American comic books
- Title
- The greatest comic book of all time : symbolic capital and the field of American comic books / Bart Beaty, Benjamin Woo.
- Author
- Beaty, Bart
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Woo, Benjamin
- Description
- xi, 156 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The authors work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a 'quality comic book,' while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave Pivot
- Palgrave studies in comics and graphic novels
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave pivot.
- Palgrave studies in comics and graphic novels.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- What if the greatest comic book of all time were... -- Maus by Art Spiegelman? -- A short story by Robert Crumb? -- A superhero story by Jack Kirby? -- Written by Alan Moore? -- The Cage by Martin Vaughn-James -- By Rob Liefeld? -- An Archie Comic? -- Not by a white man? -- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? -- Dave Sim's Cerebus? -- Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks?
- Call Number
- JFD 19-804
- ISBN
- 9781137561961
- 1137561963
- 9781349719785
- 1349719781
- LCCN
- 2016936506
- OCLC
- 956624784
- Author
- Beaty, Bart, author.
- Title
- The greatest comic book of all time : symbolic capital and the field of American comic books / Bart Beaty, Benjamin Woo.
- Publisher
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave PivotPalgrave studies in comics and graphic novelsPalgrave pivot.Palgrave studies in comics and graphic novels.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. EXAMINES THE LOGICS BY WHICH CANON OF AMERICAN COMICS IS CONSTRUCTED.
- Added Author
- Woo, Benjamin, author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-804