LEADER 03880nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910459371603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-91731-5 010 $a9786612917318 010 $a1-60473-588-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000061800 035 $a(EBL)619206 035 $a(OCoLC)688292103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11298443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366266 035 $a(PQKB)11141353 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC619206 035 $a(OCoLC)798298196 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13586 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL619206 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432097 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291731 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000061800 100 $a20040602d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aArguing comics$b[electronic resource] $eliterary masters on a popular medium /$fedited by Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-687-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom "The tyranny of the pictorial" / Sidney Fairfield -- From "The reign of the spectacular" / Annie Russell Marble -- From "The humor of the colored supplement" / Ralph Bergengren -- Introduction to Frans Masereel, Passionate journey: a novel told in 165 woodcuts / Thomas Mann -- "The Krazy Kat that walks by himself" / Gilbert Seldes -- "A foreword to Krazy" / e. e. cummings -- "A mash note to Crockett Johnson" / Dorothy Parker -- "Steig's cartoons: review of All embarrassed by William Steig" / Clement Greenberg -- "Limits of common sense: review of Years of wrath: a cartoon history, 1931 1945 by David Low" / Clement Greenberg -- "Notes on mass culture" / Irving Howe -- "Masterpieces as cartoons" / Delmore Schwartz -- "Woofed with dreams" / Robert Warshow -- "Paul, the horror comics, and Dr. Wertham" / Robert Warshow -- "The labyrinth of Saul Steinberg" / Harold Rosenberg -- "Comic strips" / Manny Farber -- "Comic strips" / Manny Farber -- "Mickey Mouse and Americanism" / Walter J. Ong -- "Bogey sticks for pogo men" / Walter J. Ong -- From The mechanical bride : folklore of industrial man / Marshall McLuhan -- "Comics: mad vestibule to TV" / Marshall McLuhan -- From Love and death: a study in censorship / Gershon Legman -- "The middle against both ends" / Leslie Fiedler -- "Over the cliff" / Donald Phelps -- "Reprise: 'Love and death'" / Donald Phelps -- "C.L.R. James on comic strips" / C.L.R. James -- "Letter to Daniel Bell" / C.L.R. James -- "The myth of superman" / Umberto Eco. 330 $aWhen Art Spiegelman's Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of ""serious"" comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium. Yet those who write about the comics often assume analysis of the medium didn't begin until the cultural studies movement was underway. Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium brings together nearly two dozen essays by majo 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a741.5/09 701 $aHeer$b Jeet$01034783 701 $aWorcester$b Kent$f1959-$01034784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459371603321 996 $aArguing comics$92454119 997 $aUNINA