Arresting development : comics at the boundaries of literature /

Pizzino, Christopher,

Arresting development : comics at the boundaries of literature / Christopher Pizzino. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - The world comics and graphic nonfiction series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : from the basement -- Coming of age : the problem of the bildungsroman -- Autoclastic icons : picturing illegitimacy -- Pop art comics : Frank Miller -- The scandal of pleasure : Alison Bechdel -- Rolling in the gutter : Charles Burns -- Blood and fire : Gilbert Hernandez -- Conclusion : on becoming a comics scholar.



9781477309780 9781477309797

2016005501


Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.


Electronic Books.

PN6714 / .A774 2016