Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey PekarUniversity Press of Mississippi, 1989 - 164 sivua This well-focused and perceptive analysis of a phenomenon in our popular culture--the new respectability of the comic book form--argues that the comics medium has a productive tradition of telling true stories with grace and economy. It details vividly the outburst of underground comics in the late 1960s and '70s, whose cadre of artistically gifted creators were committed to writing comic books for adults, an audience they made aware that comic books can offer narratives of great power and technical sophistication. In this study, Joseph Witek examines the rise of the comic book to a position of importance in modern culture and assesses its ideological and historical implications. Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar are among the creators whom Witek credits for the emergence of the comic book as a serious artistic medium. As American codes of ethics, aesthetics, and semiotics have evolved, so too has the comic book as a mode for presenting the weightier matters of history. It is safe to claim that comic books are not just for kids anymore. |
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... Los Tejanos Jackson's next project picks up the theme of the person caught be- tween two cultures , but Los Tejanos tackles a historical subject which is much more troublesome and problematic than that of Co- manche Moon . Quanah Parker ...
... Los Tejanos clearly shows some of the problems and opportunities that arise when history is told in comic - book form . The vast number of characters and incidents and the knottiness of the conflicts in Los Tejanos make its structure ...
... Los Tejanos performs a didactic function by calling attention to the previously disregarded existence of Juan Seguin and the Tejanos , and in trying to teach readers about history in comic - book form , it resembles the Classics ...
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Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman ... Joseph Witek Rajoitettu esikatselu - 1989 |