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The art of the comic book : an aesthetic history
- Title
- The art of the comic book : an aesthetic history / Robert C. Harvey.
- Author
- Harvey, Robert C.
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1996], ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN6725 .H37 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 288 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in popular culture
- Uniform Title
- Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index.
- Contents
- A Word to the Fore Beats a Pair of Anything -- Ch. 1. Slouching toward an Aesthetic: The Beginning of a Critical Vocabulary -- Ch. 2. Legions in Long Underwear: The Advent of the Comic Book and the Reign of the Superhero -- Ch. 3. The Search for Art and Meaning: Westerns and the American Spirit -- Ch. 4. But Is It Art?: The Spirit of Will Eisner -- Ch. 5. The Heroic Avenue to Art: Experimentation and the Mark of Kane -- Ch. 6. The Comic Book as Individual Expression: Harvey Kurtzman and the Revolution -- Ch. 7. Style and Flash and Filigree: Manipulating Breakdowns, Composition, and Layout for Effect -- Ch. 8. Only in the Comics: Why Cartooning Is Not the Same as Filmmaking -- Ch. 9. The Lonely Hearts Club Band: Autobiographical Angst and Other Adventures in Topics and Treatments -- Ch. 10. All Together Now.
- ISBN
- 0878057579 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780878057573 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0878057587 (paper : alk. paper)
- 9780878057580 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95000377
- 99933446494
- OCLC
- ocm32626720
- SCSB-14087352
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries