Comics and Stuff by Henry Jenkins - 9781479800933

Name: Comics and Stuff by Henry Jenkins - 9781479800933
Brand: New York University Press

New York University Press

Comics and StuffAuthor(s): Henry Jenkins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479800933, 978-1479800933\nSynopsis\nConsiders how comics display our everyday stuffjunk drawers, bookshelves, atticsas a way into understanding how we represent ourselves now\n For most of their history, comics were widely understood as disposableyou read them and discarded them, and the pulp paper they were printed on decomposed over time. Today, comic books have been rebranded as graphic novelsclothbound high-gloss volumes that can be purchased in bookstores, checked out of libraries, and displayed proudly on bookshelves. They are reviewed by serious critics and studied in university classrooms. A medium once considered trash has been transformed into a respectable, if not elite, genre.\n While the American comics of the past were about hyperbolic battles between good and evil, most of today's graphic novels focus on eve.