Includes bibliographical references and index Why are comics still in search of cultural legitimization? / Thierry Groensteen Rodolphe T(c)œpffer's aesthetic revolution / David Kunzle How comics came to be : through the juncture of word and image from magazine gag cartoons to newspaper strips, tools for critical appreciation plus rare seldom witnessed historical facts / Robert C. Harvey The "vulgar" comic strip / Gilbert Seldes Excerpt from Seduction of the innocent / Fredric Wertham William Gaines and the battle over EC Comics / Amy Kiste Nyberg The comics debates internationally / John A. Lent The definition of the superhero / Peter Coogan Two boys from the Twin Cities / M. Thomas Inge Caricature / David Carrier Beyond comparison / W.J.T. Mitchell The impossible definition / Thierry Groensteen An art of tensions / Charles Hatfield The arrow and the grid / Joseph Witek The construction of space in comics / Pascal Lef(c)·vre The acoustics of Manga / Robert S. Petersen Ally Sloper : the first comics superstar? / Roger Sabin Jackie and the problem of romance / Martin Barker Home loving and without vices / Anne Rubenstein Autobiography as authenticity / Bart Beaty Manga versus Kiby¿shi / Adam L. Kern Beyond Shoujo, blending gender / Fusami Ogi The innocents march into history / Ariel Dorfman The garden in the machine / Thomas Andrae An examination of "Master Race" / John Benson, The comics of Chris Ware / Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Transcending comics : crossing the boundaries of the medium / Annalisa Di Liddo History and graphic representation in Maus / Hillary Chute. Rodolphe Töpffer's aesthetic revolution / David Kunzle The construction of space in comics / Pascal Lefèvre Manga versus Kibyōshi / Adam L. Kern |
