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Summary:

Key Terms in Comics Studies is a glossary of over 300 terms and critical concepts currently used in the Anglophone academic study of comics, including those from other languages that are currently adopted and used in English. Written by nearly 100 international and contemporary experts from the field, the entries are succinctly defined, exemplified, and referenced. The entries are 250 words or fewer, placed in alphabetical order, and explicitly cross-referenced to others in the book. Key Terms in Comics Studies is an invaluable tool for both students and established researchers alike.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Key terms in comics studies
• Abstract comics - avant-garde
• Bande Dessinée - breakdown
• Canon - culture industry
• Dénouement - drawing
• Ecocriticism - experimental comics
• Fable - funny animal
• Gag - gutter
• Head shop - hybrid
• Icon - irony
• Kitsch - ludology
• Mail order - myth
• Narration - novelisation
• Onomatopoeia - puzzle comics
• Queer comics - royalty payment
• Satire - syuzhet
• Taste adjudication - typography
• Underground - voice
• War - zine
• Correction to: Introduction: Key terms in comic studies.

Contributors:

La Cour, Erin , editor

Grennan, Simon , editor

Spanjers, Rik, 1985- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Key terms in comics studies (Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 — ISBN 9783030749736; OCLC Number 1263785410)

Related Series:

Palgrave studies in comics and graphic novels

Subjects:

Comic books, strips, etc. — Terminology

Graphic novels — Terminology

Comic books, strips, etc. — History and criticism

Graphic novels — History and criticism

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels

Genres:

Dictionaries

Terminology

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 14, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 369 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PN6707 .K49 2022eb

ISBNs:

9783030749743 (electronic bk.)
3030749746 (electronic bk.)
9783030749736 [Invalid]
3030749738 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1290841148