Comics as philosophy
By: edited by Jeff McLaughlin.
Contributors: McLaughlin, Jeff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects; Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
Description: "Through the combination of text and images, comic books offer a unique opportunity to explore deep questions about aesthetics, ethics, and epistemology in nontraditional ways. The essays in this collection focus on a wide variety of genres, from mainstream superhero comics, to graphic novels that exercise social realism, to European adventure classics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.