Literary Criticism Comics & Graphic Novels
The Origins of Comics
From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- Comics & Graphic Novels, Popular Culture, Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781617031496
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $75.00
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Description
In English for the first time, a foundational text that places the beginning of comics well before Rodolphe Töpffer
About the authors
Thierry Smolderen is a comics writer and scholar who teaches at the École européenne supérieure de l'image.
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Bart Beaty is associate professor of communication and culture at the University of Calgary. His work has been published in the Comics Journal, International Journal of Comic Art, Canadian Journal of Communication, Essays in Canadian Writing, and Canadian Review of American Studies.
Nick Nguyen is an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Editorial Reviews
The wide-ranging and interdisciplinary approach to comics that Smolderen presents sets a new standard for the field, and the imaginative connections he draws should inspire other scholars to think as creatively. This is an important translation of a book that will continue to inspire scholars for years to come.
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