World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama, Christopher González, and Deborah Elizabeth Whaley
The World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series includes monographs and edited volumes that focus on the analysis and interpretation of comic books and graphic nonfiction from around the world. The books published in the series use analytical approaches from literature, art history, cultural studies, communication studies, media studies, and film studies, among other fields, to help define the comic book studies field at a time of great vitality and growth.Jim Burr, Acquiring Editor
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Redrawing the Western
A History of American Comics and the Mythic West
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9781477329986
Pub Date: November 12th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
304 Pages
A history of American Western genre comics and how they interacted with contemporaneous political and popular culture.
Searching for Feminist Superheroes
Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477329788
Pub Date: September 17th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative, feminist stories.
Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century
Transgressing the Frame
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477329023
Pub Date: June 11th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
272 Pages
How twenty-first-century Latin American comics transgress social, political, and cultural frontiers.
The Claremont Run
Subverting Gender in the X-Men
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477325452
Pub Date: October 24th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
A data-driven deep dive into a legendary comics author’s subversion of gender norms within the bestselling comic of its time.
Super Bodies
Comic Book Illustration, Artistic Styles, and Narrative Impact
Price: $55.00
ISBN: 9781477327364
Pub Date: August 1st, 2023
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
An examination of the art in superhero comics and how style influences comic narratives.
Supersex
Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477321614
Pub Date: March 28th, 2023
Format: Paperback
384 Pages
From Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both.
Comic Book Women
Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781477324127
Pub Date: March 28th, 2023
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
A revisionist history of the origins of comic books that reclaims women’s pioneering and pivotal roles as both creators and characters.
Empire of the Superheroes
America’s Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Industry
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477316474
Pub Date: January 5th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
488 Pages
A detailed look at the evolution of superhero comics from cheap pulp products to a billion-dollar film and publishing industry, and the artists' battles for their intellectual property and financial freedom.
All New, All Different?
A History of Race and the American Superhero
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477318973
Pub Date: November 5th, 2019
Format: Paperback
392 Pages
An eye-opening exploration of the relationship between racial attitudes and the evolution of the superhero in America, from Superman’s debut in 1938 through the Civil Rights era and contemporary reinventions.
Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
Reframing History in Comics
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477318270
Pub Date: June 25th, 2019
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
A study of five graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America—and an examination of the format’s power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process.
Redrawing the Western
A History of American Comics and the Mythic West
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9781477329986
Pub Date: November 12th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
304 Pages
Searching for Feminist Superheroes
Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477329788
Pub Date: September 17th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century
Transgressing the Frame
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477329023
Pub Date: June 11th, 2024
Format: Hardcover
272 Pages
The Claremont Run
Subverting Gender in the X-Men
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477325452
Pub Date: October 24th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
Super Bodies
Comic Book Illustration, Artistic Styles, and Narrative Impact
Price: $55.00
ISBN: 9781477327364
Pub Date: August 1st, 2023
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Supersex
Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477321614
Pub Date: March 28th, 2023
Format: Paperback
384 Pages
From Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both.
Comic Book Women
Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781477324127
Pub Date: March 28th, 2023
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
Empire of the Superheroes
America’s Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Industry
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477316474
Pub Date: January 5th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
488 Pages
All New, All Different?
A History of Race and the American Superhero
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477318973
Pub Date: November 5th, 2019
Format: Paperback
392 Pages
Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
Reframing History in Comics
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477318270
Pub Date: June 25th, 2019
Format: Paperback
256 Pages