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Digital and In/Visible Lives in Autobiographical Webcomics

Digital and In/Visible Lives in Autobiographical Webcomics

Douglas, Kate
Zuern, John David
Sandford, Shannon

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in Life Narrative

Literary CriticismGeneral Graphic Novels

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 2, 2027

ISBN10: 1350447579
ISBN13: 9781350447578
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Sep 2 2027
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines webcomics as a complex and dynamic form of self-representation that captures the trends and tendencies of contemporary digital life narrative. Webcomics represent a rich and composite site for autobiography online that allows for experiment with analogue and digital technologies in ways that are fundamentally visual but also mediated, public, and networked. Exploring a broad spectrum of case studies emerging on various digital platforms - including personal blogs, websites, and social media, author Shannon Sandford focuses on wounded bodies, mental illness, graphic medicine, and feminist webcomics to introduce complex questions around self-representation and embodiment. Works covered include: Stuart Campbell's These Memories Won't Last; Allie Brosh's blog Hyperbole and a Half; Alec MacDonald's Instagram account; Kate Beaton's Regular Life webcomics on Twitter and Tumblr; MUTHA Magazine (2013-present); and Australian artist Mary Leunig's short series of Facebook webcomics.

Investigating the ways modern webcomics, by inscribing subjects on the edges of representation, signal the urgencies of life narrative as a practice/ discipline that moves into increasingly networked and digital subject positions, this book considers how webcomics uniquely combine visual artistry with modern methods of production, consumption, and circulation. In a contemporary moment fascinated with life narrative in fluctuating digital spaces, Digital and In/Visible Lives in Autobiographical Webcomics considers how webcomics might transition into a representative apparatus to challenge the status quo and engage with subjects marginalised by mainstream media and the digital sphere.

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