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Comics and Modernism

History, Form, and Culture

University Press of Mississippi

The first collection to engage with the fascinating overlap between comics and modernism

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Artful Breakdowns

The Comics of Art Spiegelman

University Press of Mississippi

The definitive critical appraisal of the great comics artist’s six-decade career as a pioneer, curator, and theorist

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Contagious Imagination

The Work and Art of Lynda Barry

Edited by Jane Tolmie; Foreword by Frederick Luis Aldama; Afterword by Glenn Willmott
University Press of Mississippi

The long-awaited book-length analysis of the approaches and applications to teaching found in the great comic artist’s work

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The Comics of R. Crumb

Underground in the Art Museum

Edited by Daniel Worden
University Press of Mississippi

A scholarly exploration of the iconic comics artist

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Mysterious Travelers

Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity

University Press of Mississippi

How a creator transformed the hero and forever forged a brooding bond between philosophy and comics

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The Comics of Alison Bechdel

From the Outside In

Edited by Janine Utell
University Press of Mississippi

The first critical volume on a crucial voice in comics

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The Comics of Rutu Modan

War, Love, and Secrets

University Press of Mississippi

The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics

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The Artistry of Neil Gaiman

Finding Light in the Shadows

University Press of Mississippi

An extensive, career-spanning volume on the works of Neil Gaiman

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The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell

A Place inside Yourself

University Press of Mississippi

The first edited volume to juxtapose these female alternative comics artists

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Lalo Alcaraz

Political Cartooning in the Latino Community

University Press of Mississippi

A perceptive study of a bold, prescient voice in Latino comics

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Gary Larson and The Far Side

University Press of Mississippi

The first critical assessment of an American icon’s lasting achievement

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The Comics of Charles Schulz

The Good Grief of Modern Life

University Press of Mississippi

An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world’s most influential comic strips

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The Comics of Hergé

When the Lines Are Not So Clear

University Press of Mississippi

A wide-ranging critical engagement with the creator of Tintin

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Forging the Past

Seth and the Art of Memory

University Press of Mississippi

A critical study of the extraordinary Canadian comics creator

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A Charlie Brown Religion

Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz

University Press of Mississippi

The first spiritual biography of a misunderstood believer, the renowned creator of Peanuts

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The Comics of Joe Sacco

Journalism in a Visual World

Edited by Daniel Worden
University Press of Mississippi

The first book-length study of the acclaimed artist who brought journalistic reportage to comics

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Wide Awake in Slumberland

Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay

University Press of Mississippi

The first study to place this genius of modern comics creation in his historical context

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We Go Pogo

Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire

University Press of Mississippi

A critical appreciation of the life’s work of a great comic strip artist

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Lynda Barry

Girlhood through the Looking Glass

University Press of Mississippi

A critical biography of one of the pioneers of alternative weekly comic strips

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Hand of Fire

The Comics Art of Jack Kirby

University Press of Mississippi

The first critical exploration of the work of a great comics creator

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Grant Morrison

Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics

University Press of Mississippi

A critical study of a postmodern comics writer who flaunts superhero conventions

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God of Comics

Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga

University Press of Mississippi

An assessment of the worldwide achievement of the man who made manga mainstream

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Alan Moore

Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel

University Press of Mississippi

A study of the British author of V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, and many other comics and graphic novels

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Garry Trudeau

Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire

University Press of Mississippi

How a revolutionary cartoonist opened the funnies to political commentary and biting satire

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Father of the Comic Strip

Rodolphe Töpffer

University Press of Mississippi

A critical study of the Swiss artist who created the comic strip

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Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book

Unmasking the Myth of Modernity

University Press of Mississippi

The first full-length critical study of the genius who created Duckburg and Uncle Scrooge

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