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.