Research Catalog

Title

Perspectives on digital comics : theoretical, critical, and pedagogical essays / edited by Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff and Mike P. Cook ; afterword by Drew Morton.

Publication

• Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kirchoff, Jeffrey S. J., 1984-
• Cook, Mike P.
• Morton, Drew, 1983-

Subject

• Webcomics
• Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism
• Digital media

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Digital comics : savior or destroyer of a medium? / Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff and Mike P. Cook.
• Theory: Experiencing the infinite : an introduction to digital comics phenomenology through Marvel Infinite comics / Jayson Quearry -- Considering ComiXology's guided view / Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff -- Re-theorizing the infinite canvas : a space for comics and rhetorical theories / Rich Shivener -- Documentary webcomics : mediality and contexts / Johannes C.P. Schmid.
• Criticism: It came from the woods (most strange things do) : Emily Carroll's 'Through the Woods' and interactive internet reading / Eden Lee Lackner -- Death's "friend hug" : analyzing the personification of death in three webcomics / Karis Jones -- MAUS (W)HOLES : reflections on (and in) the digitization of Art Spiegelman's 'MAUS' / John Logie.
• Global: When funding is the issue that prevents an issue : are digital comics the logical platform of production in a South African context? / Ray Whitcher -- Digital comics in Francophone countries : never too late to be creative / Chris Reyns-Chikuma and Jean Sébastien.
• Education: Upwards and backwards : blurred perspectives on digital comics as mentor texts / Teri Holbrook, Melanie Hundley and Bill Holbrook -- Using digital comics to support information literacy : 21st century research skills and authentic composing / Mike P. Cook and Luke Rodesiler.

Call Number

JFE 19-7019

ISBN

• 9781476671888
• 1476671885

LCCN

2018060564

OCLC

1080251397

Title

Perspectives on digital comics : theoretical, critical, and pedagogical essays / edited by Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff and Mike P. Cook ; afterword by Drew Morton.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Description

viii, 249 pages ; 23 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary

"This collection of new essays explores various ways of reading, interpreting and using digital comics. Contributors discuss comics made specifically for web consumption, and digital reproductions of print-comics. The essays cover perspectives on reading, criticism and analysis of specific titles, the global reach of digital comics, and how they can be used in educational settings"-- Provided by publisher.

Added Author

Kirchoff, Jeffrey S. J., 1984- editor.

Cook, Mike P., editor.

Morton, Drew, 1983- writer of afterword.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7019