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The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series)

Terrence R. Wandtke
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Description:Crime comic books in the 1950s caused controversy leading to their suppression and near extinction. Twenty-five years later, the dark hero, femme fatale, and bleak outlook of crime story comic books are even more striking and subversive. Terrence Wandtke traces the history of crime comics from their beginnings to the current resurgence and analyzes the cultural forces that give rise to influential works like Frank Miller's Sin City, Brian Azzarello's 100 Bullets, and Ed Brubaker's Criminal. The Dark Night Returns is the third book published in the RIT Press' Comics Studies Monograph Series. The series editor is Dr. Gary Hoppenstand, Professor of English at Michigan State University. TERRENCE WANDTKE is a professor at Judson University. His books include The Meaning of Superhero Comics (McFarland) and Ed Brubaker: Conversations (forthcoming from the University Press of Mississippi). He is the founder of the Imago Film Festival.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series). To get started finding The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
206
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Publisher
RIT Press
Release
2015
ISBN
1933360860

The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series)

Terrence R. Wandtke
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Description: Crime comic books in the 1950s caused controversy leading to their suppression and near extinction. Twenty-five years later, the dark hero, femme fatale, and bleak outlook of crime story comic books are even more striking and subversive. Terrence Wandtke traces the history of crime comics from their beginnings to the current resurgence and analyzes the cultural forces that give rise to influential works like Frank Miller's Sin City, Brian Azzarello's 100 Bullets, and Ed Brubaker's Criminal. The Dark Night Returns is the third book published in the RIT Press' Comics Studies Monograph Series. The series editor is Dr. Gary Hoppenstand, Professor of English at Michigan State University. TERRENCE WANDTKE is a professor at Judson University. His books include The Meaning of Superhero Comics (McFarland) and Ed Brubaker: Conversations (forthcoming from the University Press of Mississippi). He is the founder of the Imago Film Festival.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series). To get started finding The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics (Comics Studies Monograph Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
206
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
RIT Press
Release
2015
ISBN
1933360860

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