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UNINA9910821316303321 |
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Autore |
Hatfield Charles <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Alternative comics [[electronic resource] ] : an emerging literature / / Charles Hatfield |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2005 |
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1-282-91730-7 |
9786612917301 |
1-60473-587-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Underground comic books, strips, etc - United States - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Comix, comic shops, and the rise of alternative comics, post 1968 -- An art of tensions -- A broader canvas -- "I made that whole thing up!" -- Irony and self-reflexivity in autobiographical comics -- Whither the graphic novel? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the 1980's, a sea change occurred in comics. Fueled by Art Spiegel- man and Franoise Mouly's avant-garde anthology Raw and the launch of the Love Rockets series by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, the decade saw a deluge of comics that were more autobiographical, emotionally realistic, and experimental than anything seen before. These alternative comics were not the scatological satires of the 1960's underground, nor were they brightly colored newspaper strips or superhero comic books. In Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature, Charles Hatfield establishes the parameters of alternative |
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