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Visions of the Future in Comics: International Perspectives

Visions of the Future in Comics: International Perspectives

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1476668019
ISBN13: 9781476668017
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Oct 18 2017
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presaging narratives can be read as reflections of their authors' (and readers') hopes, fears and beliefs about the present.

This collection of new essays explores the creative processes in comics production that bring plausible futures to the page. The contributors investigate portrayals in different stylistic traditions--manga, bande desinees--from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The picture that emerges documents the elaborate storylines and complex universes comics creators have been crafting for decades.

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