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| - | '''Comics studies''' is an academic field that focuses on [[comics]] and [[graphic novels]]. Although comics and graphic novels have been generally dismissed as less relevant pop culture [[texts]], scholars in fields such as [[Semiotics]] and [[Composition Studies]] are now re-considering comics and graphic novels as complex texts deserving of serious scholarly study. | + | '''Comics studies''' (also '''comic'''('''s''') '''art studies''', '''sequential art studies''' or '''graphic narrative studies''') is an academic field that focuses on [[comics]] and [[sequential art]]. Although comics and [[graphic novel]]s have been generally dismissed as less relevant [[popular culture|pop culture]] [[Text (literary theory)|texts]], scholars in fields such as [[semiotics]], [[aesthetics]], [[sociology]], [[composition studies]] and [[cultural studies]] are now re-considering comics and graphic novels as complex texts deserving of serious scholarly study. |
| - | ==Theorizing comics== | ||
| - | Although there have been the occasional investigation of comics as a valid art form, specifically in David Kunzle’s ''The Early Comic Strip; Narrative Strips and Picture Stories in the European Broadsheet from c.1450 to 1825'', [[Gilbert Seldes]]’ ''The 7 Lively Arts'' and Martin Sheridan’s ''Classic Comics and Their Creators'', contemporary anglophone Comics Studies in North America can be said to have burst onto the academic scene with both [[Will Eisner]]’s [[Comics and Sequential Art]] in 1985 and [[Scott McCloud]]’s [[Understanding Comics]] in 1993. Comics Studies also can trace its roots back to the work of post-structuralist semioticians such as [[Roland Barthes]], particularly his ''[[Image—Music—Text]]''. | ||
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| - | ==Conferences== | ||
| - | Although presentations dedicated to Comics are commonplace at conferences in many fields, entire conferences dedicated to this subject are becoming more common. There have been conferences at Georgetown, Ohio State, Bowling Green State and there is a yearly conference at [http://www.english.ufl.edu/comics/conference.shtml University of Florida]. The International Comics Arts Forum (ICAF), begun in 1995 at Georgetown University by Guy Spielmann and Tristan Fonlladosa, is an annual academic conference distinguished by its international focus and scholarly rigor [http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/icaf/the-history-of-icaf.html]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Comics in education]] | + | * [[Alternative comics]] |
| - | *[[Conference on College Composition and Communication]] | + | * [[Childhood studies]] |
| + | * [[Glossary of comics terminology]] | ||
| + | * [[Graphic medicine]] | ||
| + | * [[Comics in education]] | ||
| + | * [[Comics poetry]] | ||
| + | * [[Conference on College Composition and Communication]] | ||
| + | * "[[How to Read Nancy|How to Read ''Nancy'']]" | ||
| + | * [[Institute for Comics Studies]] | ||
| + | * [[Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art]] | ||
| + | * [[University Press of Mississippi#Notable series|University Press of Mississippi: Great Comics Artists Series / Comics and Popular Culture category<!--lowercase (not part of the title)-->]] | ||
| + | * [[Wilhelm Busch Museum]] | ||
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| + | ;People | ||
| + | * [[Donald Ault]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Coogan]] | ||
| + | * [[Mark Evanier]] | ||
| + | * [[Thierry Groensteen]] | ||
| + | * [[Jeet Heer]] | ||
| + | * [[James Kakalios]] | ||
| + | * [[Shirrel Rhoades]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Sanderson]] | ||
| + | * [[Jim Steranko]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael Uslan]] | ||
| + | * [[Kent Worcester]] | ||
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Comics studies (also comic(s) art studies, sequential art studies or graphic narrative studies) is an academic field that focuses on comics and sequential art. Although comics and graphic novels have been generally dismissed as less relevant pop culture texts, scholars in fields such as semiotics, aesthetics, sociology, composition studies and cultural studies are now re-considering comics and graphic novels as complex texts deserving of serious scholarly study.
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See also
- Alternative comics
- Childhood studies
- Glossary of comics terminology
- Graphic medicine
- Comics in education
- Comics poetry
- Conference on College Composition and Communication
- "How to Read Nancy"
- Institute for Comics Studies
- Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
- University Press of Mississippi: Great Comics Artists Series / Comics and Popular Culture category
- Wilhelm Busch Museum
- People
- Donald Ault
- Peter Coogan
- Mark Evanier
- Thierry Groensteen
- Jeet Heer
- James Kakalios
- Shirrel Rhoades
- Peter Sanderson
- Jim Steranko
- Michael Uslan
- Kent Worcester
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