Graphic novels beyond the basics
Subtitle: insights and issues for libraries
By: edited by Martha Cornog and Timothy Perper.
Contributors: Cornog, Martha.; Perper, Timothy, 1939-
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591584780
Subjects: Libraries -- Special collections -- Graphic novels; Graphic novels -- History and criticism; Libraries -- Special collections -- Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The allure of the superhero / Michael Niederhausen; title: Japanese manga / Robin Brenner; title: Girls, women, and comics / Trina Robbins; title: American comics : beyond the superhero. Part one, Genre fiction / Michael R. Lavin; title: American comics : beyond the superhero. Part two, General fiction and nonfiction / Michael R. Lavin; title: Graphic novels : a global literature / John A. Lent, Martha Cornog; title: A place in the library / Francisca Goldsmith; title: Comics and graphic novels in the academic library collection / Lorena O'English; title: Japanese anime / Gilles Poitras; title: Censorship of graphic novels in libraries / Martha Cornog and Erin Byrne.