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Alternative comics : an emerging literature / Charles Hatfield

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Hatfield, Charles, 1965-
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Underground comic books, strips, etc. - United States - History and criticism.; Comic books, strips, etc. - Social aspects.; Graphic novels - History and criticism.
Contents
  • 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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Alternative comics : an emerging literature / Charles Hatfield. - 1st ed.
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,
182 pages
2005 English Book; Illustrated 12
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Title
  • Alternative comics : an emerging literature /​ Charles Hatfield.
Author
  • Hatfield, Charles, 1965-
Edition
  • 1st ed.
Published
  • Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2005.
Physical Description
  • xv, 182 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 1578067189 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781578067183 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1578067197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Dewey Number
  • 741.5/​973
  • 741.5/​0973
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  • 26354951
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Hatfield has written a very good account of the formal qualities of the comic art form. He deals with the interaction between visual and textual elements in comics at a theoretical level not previously broached. His work shows how these qualities play out in comics creating narratives and meaning for their readers. Having delineated these qualities he then sets about a formal reading of specific works in chapters 3 to 5. In these chapters he addresses both the cultural context of alternative comics and their formal aspects. His central argument is that comics need to be reconsidered in socio-historical and aesthetic terms. While acknowledging comics lowbrow origins he points to the emergence of alternative comics and shows that they offer new ways of understanding fiction and readers' engagement in constructing meaning.

Given that Hatfield is arguing for a greater complexity to the comic art form than is popularly ascribed, and that this requires an interpretative language and theory, his work is direct. Theory of this sort often drifts into abstract language and complex abstractions. Hatfield avoids this pitfall grounding his work in description of comics. Hatfield also addresses broader issues than the simple formal aspects of these comics, or what might in other works be called their literary quality giving a broader context to his work.

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