The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics

A thoroughly researched collection designed to engage with the social sciences in order to expand comics studies as a field

Publisher Marketing: In The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics , Benjamin Woo and Jeremy Stoll have brought together a number of interesting perspectives to make an important contribution to comics studies.--Liam Burke, author of The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre Biographical Note : Benjamin Woo is associate professor of communication and media studies at Carleton University. He is author of Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture. Jeremy Stoll is a comics creator and assistant professor and head of science and social science at Columbus College of Art and Design. Review Quotes : Through this work, Woo and Stoll have put together one of the most meaningful collections on the future of comics and comics studies in recent memory.--Zachary J. A. Rondinelli "Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society" Publisher Marketing : WINNER OF THE 2022 COMICS STUDIES SOCIETY EDITED BOOK PRIZE

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 286 | Publication Date: 2021-07-29