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Literary Criticism Comics & Graphic Novels

The Origins of Comics

From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay

by (author) Thierry Smolderen

translated by Bart Beaty & Nick Nguyen

Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Initial publish date
Mar 2014
Category
Comics & Graphic Novels, Popular Culture, Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
  • 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.

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Nick Nguyen is an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario.

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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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