Alternative comics
Subtitle: an emerging literature
By: Charles Hatfield.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Underground comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: Examines long-form comics, focusing on the graphic novel, to argue that comics are a fundamental literary form and studies alternative comics as both a literary genre and a cultural phenomenon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index.
Table of contents: title: Comix, comic shops, and the rise of alternative comics, post 1968; title: An art of tensions; title: A broader canvas; title: "I made that whole thing up!"; title: Irony and self-reflexivity in autobiographical comics; title: Whither the graphic novel?