Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism /
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turned Daredevil from a tepid-selling comic to an industry-wide success story, then left to establish a renowned and controversial career. A childhood fan of the comic, media scholar Paul Young presents a rigorous study of the artist'...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turned Daredevil from a tepid-selling comic to an industry-wide success story, then left to establish a renowned and controversial career. A childhood fan of the comic, media scholar Paul Young presents a rigorous study of the artist's influences and innovations, an examination of how Miller's vision impacted the comics industry, and a reflection on how Daredevil taught him about the creative possibilities of comics while shaking his faith in superheroes. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (292 pages): color illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780813563831 |