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-

Description

viii, 249 pages; 23 cm

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"--

Subjects

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

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

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

Cook, Mike P., editor.

Morton, Drew, 1983- writer of afterword.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7019