Mysterious travelers : Steve Ditko and the search for a new liberal identity /
"Steve Ditko (1927-2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity re...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2021]
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Colección: | Great comics artists.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: "All lives change"
- "From out of the depths!" : rethinking the work of Steve Ditko
- Beyond what we are told is fact : mystic liberalism and closing the gap between "is" and "ought"
- Overwhelmed by a cloak of darkness : dark karma and cosmic intraspace in early Ditko comics
- "'Twas Steve's idea" : a secret racial history and a search for the self with Dr. Strange
- Grounded in a more credible world : Spider-Man, Blue Beetle, the Question, and a more practical self-actualization
- The right to kill : the Question, Mr. A, and life versus anti-life
- These magazines are haunted! Steve Ditko beyond the silver age
- "If I like it, I hope somebody else likes it, too" : mystic liberalism confronted in real and imagined worlds.