Comics as a Nexus of Cultures

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Comics as a Nexus of Cultures

Author	: Jochen Ecke
File Size	: 50,9 Mb
Publisher	: McFarland
Language	: English
Release Date	: 10 March 2010
ISBN	: 9780786455874
Pages	: 308 pages

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Comics as a Nexus of Cultures by Jochen Ecke Book PDF Summary

These essays from various critical disciplines examine how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art. The articles feature international perspectives on comics and graphic novels published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, India, and Japan. Topics range from film adaptation, to journalism in comics, to the current manga boom.

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