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The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)
Beaty, Bart, Woo, Benjamin
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Description for The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)
Hardcover. Bart Beaty and Benjamin Woo work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a "quality comic book," while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 167 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Bart Beaty and Benjamin Woo work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a "quality comic book," while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis. ... Read more
Bart Beaty and Benjamin Woo work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a "quality comic book," while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137561961
SKU
V9781137561961
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Ref
99-15
About Beaty, Bart, Woo, Benjamin
Bart Beaty is Professor of English at the University of Calgary, Canada. Among other works, he is the author of Twelve-Cent Archie, Comics Versus Art, and Unpopular Culture. Benjamin Woo is Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, Canada. His research examines contemporary geek media cultures, with a particular focus on the producers, institutions, and ... Read more
Reviews for The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)
“I would unhesitatingly recommend The Greatest Comic Book of All Time as one of the most important recent publications in comics studies. … professional comics scholars of every stripe should read it. … no one has done a better job than Beaty and Woo of showing us just how much bigger our playground could be.” (Ben Saunders, Inks The Journal ... Read more