Comican't /

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Comics as history, comics as literature : roles of the comic book in scholarship, society, and entertainment /

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter Six: Wonder Woman as Patriotic Icon; Chapter Seven: Comic Containment; Chapter Eight: Graphic/Narrative/History; Chapter Nine: SuperGay; Chapter Ten: The Man in the Gray Metal Suit; Chapter Eleven: Seen City; Chapter Twelve: The Zombie Apocalypse; Chapter Thirteen: Logicomix and the Enunciatory Apparatus; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Comics are good.

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Experimenting with comics.

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The comics show /

Subjects: “…Comic books, strips, etc. New Zealand.…”
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PSYCHED comics.

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Comics and conflict : patriotism and propaganda from WWII through Operation Iraqi Freedom / by Scott, Cord A.

Table of Contents: “…The Role of Comics after 9/11 (2001 -- 3) -- 7. Comics and the Soul of Combat (2003 -- 10) -- 8. …”
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Black comics : politics of race and representation /

Table of Contents: “…Brief history of the black comic strip : past and present /…”
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Comic connections : reflecting on women in popular culture /

Table of Contents: “…Marvel as a new kind of superheroine : analyzing identity, race, and gender with comics / Slimane Aboulkacem, Christopher Foster, Hannah R. …”
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The system of comics / by Groensteen, Thierry

Subjects: “…Comic books, strips, etc. History and criticism.…”
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Discovering the comic / by McFadden, George, 1916-2006

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Multicultural comics : from Zap to Blue Beetle /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword, or, Reading within the gutter / Derek Parker Royal -- Multicultural comics today : a brief introduction / Frederick Luis Aldama -- History, concepts, and methods. …”
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Comic Tragedies / by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Table of Contents: “…Title; Contents; Comic Tragedies; A Foreword by Meg; Norna; or, the Witch's Curse; Captive of Castile; or, the Moorish Maiden's Vow; The Greek Slave; Ion; Bianca; The Unloved Wife; or, Woman's Faith.…”
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Comics studies : a guidebook /

Table of Contents: “…Part I. Histories. Comic strips / Ian Gordon ; Comic books / Charles Hatfield ; Underground and alternative comics / Roger Sabin ; European traditions / Bart Beaty ; Manga / Frenchy Lunning ; The graphic novel / Isaac Cates -- Part II. …”
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Arguing comics : literary masters on a popular medium /

Table of Contents: “…James on comic strips" / C.L.R. James -- "Letter to Daniel Bell" / C.L.R. …”
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Comic business : theatricality, dramatic technique, and performance contexts of Aristophanic comedy / by Revermann, Martin

Table of Contents: “…pt. I. Issues. Comic business ; Performance criticism: point and methods ; Two fundamental problems ; Applying performance criticism. -- pt. …”
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Atomic comics : cartoonists confront the nuclear world / by Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010

Table of Contents: “…Before Hiroshima -- The initial reaction: 1945-early 1960s -- Atomic comics change direction: the mid-1950s to the present day.…”
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Comic relief : Nietzsche's Gay science / by Higgins, Kathleen Marie

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Asian comics / by Lent, John A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Lead-Up to Asian Comics: Early Asian Visual Humor and Narrative; East Asia; 2. …”
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Comic grace : we mortal fools in movie comedy. by Combs, James E.

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Comic relief : a comprehensive philosophy of humor / by Morreall, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…; Humor and the existentialists ; The laughing Buddha -- The glass is half-empty and half-full : comic wisdom.…”
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Comics in French : the European bande dessinée in context / by Grove, Laurence

Subjects: “…Comic books, strips, etc. France History and criticism.…”
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Comics and power : representing and questioning culture, subjects and communities /

Subjects: “…Comic books, strips, etc. Social aspects.…”
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Comic connections : analyzing hero and identity /

Table of Contents: “…Superman made 'real': teaching the hero cycle with Kingdom Come / Carissa Pokorny-Golden and Karen Sahaydak -- The man with identities: utilizing Daredevil as an artifact for literary analysis / Alex Romagnoli -- Who is the greatest superhero? using comics to explore the concept of heroism / Gian S. …”
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Comic China : representing common ground, 1890-1945 / by Gan, Wendy

Table of Contents: “…Dreaming with China : chinoiserie and musical comedy -- Ernest Bramah's Chinese fictions : chinoiserie and comfortable familiarity -- Comic mastery : Arthur Henderson Smith and J.O.P. …”
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God of comics : Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II manga / by Power, Natsu Onoda

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Comic provocations : exposing the corpus of old French fabliaux /

Table of Contents: “…Crocker -- Part I -- Literalism and Eunuchs of God in the Fabliaux / Judith Tschann -- The Comic Uses of Torture and Violence in the Fabliaux: When Comedy Crosses the Line / Larissa Tracy -- Coprus [sic] Christi: the Scatological Tales of the Old French Fabliaux / Sheila Nayar -- Part II -- Go-Betweens: the Old Woman and the Function of Obscenity in the Old French Fabliau / Nicole Nolan Sidhu -- Dressing the Undressed: Clothing and Social Structure in Old French Fabliaux / Mary Leech -- The Lewd and the Ludic: Female Pleasure in the Fabliaux / Lisa Perfetti -- Part III -- Creative Choices: Notes on Translating Old French Fabliaux / Nathaniel E. …”
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Alternative comics : an emerging literature / by Hatfield, Charles, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Comix, comic shops, and the rise of alternative comics, post 1968 -- An art of tensions -- A broader canvas -- "I made that whole thing up!" …”
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Comics and narration / by Groensteen, Thierry

Table of Contents: “…Comics and the test of abstraction -- New insights into sequentiality -- On a few theories of page layout -- An extension of some theoretical propositions -- The question of the narrator -- The subjectivity of the character -- The rhythms of comics -- Is comics a branch of contemporary art?…”
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Comics as philosophy /

Table of Contents: “…DC's Crisis and Leibnizian possible worlds / Jeff McLaughlin -- Describing and discarding "comics" as an impotent act of philosophical rigor / Robert C. …”
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Comics and language : reimagining critical discourse on the form / by Miodrag, Hannah

Table of Contents: “…Language in comics. Arbitrary minimal units in Krazy Kat ; Langue, parole, and constraint in the cartoons of Lynda Barry ; Language in context : the spatiality of text in comics -- Comics as language. …”
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The origins of comics : from William Hogarth to Winsor McCay / by Smolderen, Thierry

Subjects: “…Comic books, strips, etc. History and criticism.…”
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Comic shop : the retail mavericks who gave us a new geek culture / by Gearino, Dan, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…The cockroaches of pop culture -- Magical powers -- This bold guy (1968/73) -- Nonreturnable (1973/80) -- An Ogre's story -- Secret Convergence -- The Valkyries -- Heyday (1980/84) -- Turtles, mice, and fish (1984/88) -- Collectors vs. readers -- Raina's world -- Re-rebirth -- Deathmate (1988/94) -- The mailman (1994/2016) -- The moral of the story -- Part 2. Notable comic shops of the United States and Canada -- "All of the above" stores -- Comics galleries -- Old school -- Pop culture stores -- Comics and ... -- Best of the best -- List of notable comic shops of the United States and Canada.…”
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The Art of Comics : a Philosophical Approach. by Meskin, Aaron

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Editors' Acknowledgments; Figures; Contributors; Foreword; The Art and Philosophy of Comics: An Introduction; 1 Introduction to the Introduction; 2 What We Are Doing, and Why; 3 A Short History of Comics; 4 Comics Scholarship and the Philosophy of Comics: A Brief History; 5 The Contributions; Part One: The Nature and Kinds of Comics; 1 Redefining Comics; McCloud's Definition; Pictures and Comics; Panels, Panels Everywhere; Seeing-in and Closure; Pictureless Comics?…”
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Autobiographical comics : life writing in pictures / by El Refaie, Elisabeth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Life writing from the colorful margins -- Picturing embodied selves -- Commemorating the past, anticipating the future -- Performing authenticity -- Drawing the reader -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Autobiographical comics -- References.…”
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Hemingway in Comics by Elder, Robert K.

Table of Contents: “…Hadley -- 2014-2019: Hemingway at Sea, in the Afterlife, and Beyond -- 2020-: Hemingway Comics and the Future -- Hemingway Oddities and Ephemera -- Hemingway Comic Roundup -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index…”
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Classics and comics /

Table of Contents: “…Jenkins -- A reading list of classics in comics.…”
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Movie comics : page to screen/screen to page / by Davis, Blair, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Happy Hooligan, Buster Brown, Dream of a rarebit fiend, Charlie Chaplin, film fun, the Kinema Comic -- 1930s comics-to-film adaptations: Skippy, Little Orphan Annie, Harold Teen, Popeye, Funny page, Tailspin Tommy, Ace Drummond, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Jungle Jim, Dick Tracy, Blondie -- 1930s cinema and comics: Mickey Mouse, Big little books, Tim McCoy, Police car 17, Famous Funnies -- Jumbo comics, Action comics, Marvel comics, Motion picture funnies weekly, movie comics -- 1940s comics-to-film adaptations: Superman (1941), Captain Marvel, Batman, Captain America, Terry and the pirates, Don Winslow, Red Ryder, Superman (1948), Dick Tracy, Tillie the toiler, Joe Palooka -- 1940s cinema and comics: Superman meets Orson Welles, Walt Disney comics and stories, four color, cinema comics herald, Graphic Little Theater, Gene Autry, the adventures of Alan Ladd, John Wayne adventure comics -- 1950s comics-to-film and television adaptations: Atom Man vs. …”
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The Comic Self Toward Dispossession. by Campbell, Timothy C.

Table of Contents: “…Elide Tragedy -- Chapter 4. The Comic Self Is Not Comic -- Chapter 5. "I Think" -- Chapter 6. …”
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The Comic in Shakespeare by Ellis, David

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