In The Secret Origins of Comics Studies, today’s leading comics scholars turn back a page to reveal the founding figures dedicated to understanding comics art. This collection provides an in-depth study of the individuals and institutions that have created and shaped the field of Comics Studies over the past 75 years. Sometimes scorned, often underappreciated, these visionaries established a path followed by subsequent generations of scholars in literary studies, communication, art history, the social sciences, and more. Giving not only credit where credit is due, this volume both offers an authoritative account of the history of Comics Studies and also helps move the field forward by being a valuable resource for creating graduate student reading lists and the first stop for anyone writing a comics-related literature review.
Featuring contribution from José Alaniz, Kane Anderson, Jaqueline Berndt, Christina Blanch, Beth Davies-Stofka, Julie Davis, Ian Gordon, Ian Hague, Ian Horton, Alec R. Hosterman, Henry Jenkins, Travis Langley, Jeremy Larance, A. David Lewis, David W. McConeghy, Gert Meesters, Ann Miller, Kim Munson, Chris Murray, Barbara Postema, William Proctor, Brad Ricca, Jenny Robb, Julia Round, Joseph Michael Sommers, Nicholas A. Theisen, Carol L. Tilley, Robert G. Weiner, and Robert Westerfelhaus.
Plus special reflections from pioneering scholars James Bucky Carter, Peter Coogan, Wolfgang J. Fuchs, Maurice Horn, M. Thomas Inge, David Kunzle, Pascal Lefèvre, John A. Lent, and Waldomiro Vergueiro.
With a foreword by Charles Hatfield.
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