Visions of the Future in Comics

International Perspectives

AvFrancesco-Alessio Ursini,Adnan Mahmutovic

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presaging narratives can be read as reflections of their authors’ (and readers’) hopes, fears and beliefs about the present. This collection of new essays explores the creative processes in comics production that bring plausible futures to the page. The contributors investigate portrayals in different stylistic traditions—manga, bande desinées—from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The disparate yet coherent picture that emerges documents the elaborate storylines and complex universes comics creators have been crafting for decades.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476668017

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Francesco-Alessio Ursini is a linguist working on universals semantic typology and a comics scholar working on cross-cultural aspects of narratives in comics. He lives in Sweden. Adnan Mahmutović is a Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Stockholm University. Frank Bramlett is a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research focuses predominantly on the linguistic nature of comics and he serves on the editorial board of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.

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"A person who would appreciate insightful essays into both the nature of comics today and the nature of time itself will welcome this volume." - Magonia Review of Books, March 2017