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Comics and stuff /

"For most of their history, comics were widely understood as disposable--you read them and discarded them, and the pulp paper they were printed on decomposed over time. Today, comic books have been rebranded as graphic novels--clothbound high-gloss volumes that can be purchased in bookstores, c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jenkins, Henry, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Comics and stuff: core concepts
  • How to look at stuff: from still life to graphic novel
  • "What are you collecting now?": Seth and his finds
  • "The stuff of dreams": Kim Deitch's remarkable displays
  • Wonders, curiosities, and diversions: accumulation in Bryan Talbot's Alice in Sunderland
  • "Monsters" and other "things": Emil Ferris's transformative vision
  • Scrapbooks and army surplus: C. Tyler's You'll never know
  • Sorting, culling, hoarding, and cleaning: Joyce Farmer's Special exits and Roz Chast's Can't we talk about something more pleasant?
  • "Despicable collectibles": confronting the residual in Jeremy Love's Bayou
  • Epilogue: Unpacking my comics.