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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
082642936X
ISBN-13
9780826429360
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038446954
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Publication Name
Power of Comics : History, Form and Culture
Language
English
Subject
General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-045226
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
&"Most, if not all, books on comic books are analytical, scholarly interpretations of the comic book medium or they are coffee table art books replete with many images. However, few of these books stand out as a useful textbook in a college class on comics. The Power of Comics is certainly one of the first books in which its main focus is to be used in a classroom. The glossary and recommended readings are a critical part of the book's success because many books like this do not include such components. But, the best component to this book may be the discussion questions throughout the book. These questions are an articulate and practical way to promote discussion in the classroom. If teaching a class on comic books or even teaching a specific graphic novel in your class, this is an excellent book to facilitate your teaching.&" -The Journal of Popular Culture, &"Comics are a powerful learning and teaching tool. That's obvious tomany teachers, a lot of whom have had great success reaching theirstudents through graphic books. And while grade schools and middleschools have been on the forefront of using comics in the classroom,they're also a fantastic resource at institutions of higher learning.Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith have written the book on how to teachthe history, impact, importance, and cultural significance of comics atthe university and college level. Their book, The Power of Comics ,delves deeply into the teaching of comics at the higher level andoffers other professors a structure for setting up their own intensivecomics courses, whether they be an Intro to Comics or something morespecific.&" -The Graphic Novel Reporter, "[The Power of Comics] includes a broad range of topics, from the history of comic books to comprehension of the medium, to creators and fandom. As a textbook, it succeeds in content, scope, and execution. The chapters are well laid out, have thoughtful questions at their ends, and several chapters end with very practical examples of analysis that serve as models for students. Chapters also reference a broad range of experts...which further validates breadth and depth of this growing scholarship. Overall...the book " including the theory chapters " is reasonably good for a "first textbook on comics," and I would imagine it will fast become a standard text for those sorts of classes." - Neil Cohn, The Visual Linguist, "Comics are a powerful learning and teaching tool. That's obvious tomany teachers, a lot of whom have had great success reaching theirstudents through graphic books. And while grade schools and middleschools have been on the forefront of using comics in the classroom,they're also a fantastic resource at institutions of higher learning.Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith have written the book on how to teachthe history, impact, importance, and cultural significance of comics atthe university and college level. Their book, The Power of Comics,delves deeply into the teaching of comics at the higher level andoffers other professors a structure for setting up their own intensivecomics courses, whether they be an Intro to Comics or something morespecific." -The Graphic Novel Reporter, "Comics are a powerful learning and teaching tool. That's obvious tomany teachers, a lot of whom have had great success reaching theirstudents through graphic books. And while grade schools and middleschools have been on the forefront of using comics in the classroom,they're also a fantastic resource at institutions of higher learning.Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith have written the book on how to teachthe history, impact, importance, and cultural significance of comics atthe university and college level. Their book, The Power of Comics ,delves deeply into the teaching of comics at the higher level andoffers other professors a structure for setting up their own intensivecomics courses, whether they be an Intro to Comics or something morespecific." -The Graphic Novel Reporter, "Randy Duncan and Matthew Smith's The Power of Comics is an impressive, accessible, and multifaceted tome on comics. From the creation process to the reading process to fandom to scholarship to comic history and more, Duncan and Smith pound away topic after topic in enjoyable prose with numerous examples, pictures, charts, and other supplemental material to reinforce their discussions. I have used The Power of Comics as a text for a comic book course and found that though students lament that it's not a comic book (a la Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics), they most certainly take extensive value from it. McCloud's text is useful and a great compliment but even McCloud notes that his book is just the opening volley on discussions about comics, whereas Duncan and Smith further develop that discussion some fifteen years after the publication of Understanding Comics. Their chapter topics, overall approach, and extensive use of scholarship and academic jargon broken down into layman's terms really do allow for neophyte and fanboy alike to fully understand the "power of comics." Indeed, instructors looking to venture into the world of comics or think about pedagogical approaches to using comics in any type of classroom would do well to make personal use of this book." -Lance Eaton, NEPCA Journal, the online publication for the Northeast Popular/American Culture Association, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "The influences of mass-communication scholarship areevident in this textbook's organization, featured topics, and student-orienteddiscussion questions and activities... It covers definitions, history, industry,creators, development of stories, readers, genres, ideology, research, andinternational comics... The authors go out of their way to make the book studentfriendly: they state the objects of each chapter, highlight significantterminology, list important points, and provide vignettes of incidentalinformation... [T]his book works serves well as the first full-scale text on UScomic books and will also be useful in a library setting. Summing up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates,graduate students." -J.A. Lent, Choice ,April 2010, "The influences of mass-communication scholarship areevident in this textbook's organization, featured topics, and student-orienteddiscussion questions and activities... It covers definitions, history, industry,creators, development of stories, readers, genres, ideology, research, andinternational comics... The authors go out of their way to make the book studentfriendly: they state the objects of each chapter, highlight significantterminology, list important points, and provide vignettes of incidentalinformation... [T]his book works serves well as the first full-scale text on UScomic books and will also be useful in a library setting. Summing up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates,graduate students." J.A. Lent, Choice ,April 2010, "Most, if not all, books on comic books are analytical, scholarly interpretations of the comic book medium or they are coffee table art books replete with many images. However, few of these books stand out as a useful textbook in a college class on comics. The Power of Comics is certainly one of the first books in which its main focus is to be used in a classroom. The glossary and recommended readings are a critical part of the book's success because many books like this do not include such components. But, the best component to this book may be the discussion questions throughout the book. These questions are an articulate and practical way to promote discussion in the classroom. If teaching a class on comic books or even teaching a specific graphic novel in your class, this is an excellent book to facilitate your teaching." -The Journal of Popular Culture, "[The Power of Comics] includes a broad range of topics, from the history of comic books to comprehension of the medium, to creators and fandom. As a textbook, it succeeds in content, scope, and execution. The chapters are well laid out, have thoughtful questions at their ends, and several chapters end with very practical examples of analysis that serve as models for students. Chapters also reference a broad range of experts...which further validates breadth and depth of this growing scholarship. Overall...the book � including the theory chapters � is reasonably good for a "first textbook on comics," and I would imagine it will fast become a standard text for those sorts of classes." - Neil Cohn, The Visual Linguist, &"Randy Duncan and Matthew Smith's The Power of Comics is an impressive, accessible, and multifaceted tome on comics. From the creation process to the reading process to fandom to scholarship to comic history and more, Duncan and Smith pound away topic after topic in enjoyable prose with numerous examples, pictures, charts, and other supplemental material to reinforce their discussions. I have used The Power of Comics as a text for a comic book course and found that though students lament that it's not a comic book (a la Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics), they most certainly take extensive value from it. McCloud's text is useful and a great compliment but even McCloud notes that his book is just the opening volley on discussions about comics, whereas Duncan and Smith further develop that discussion some fifteen years after the publication of Understanding Comics. Their chapter topics, overall approach, and extensive use of scholarship and academic jargon broken down into layman's terms really do allow for neophyte and fanboy alike to fully understand the "power of comics." Indeed, instructors looking to venture into the world of comics or think about pedagogical approaches to using comics in any type of classroom would do well to make personal use of this book.&" -Lance Eaton, NEPCA Journal, the online publication for the Northeast Popular/American Culture Association
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
741.5/9
Synopsis
A comprehensive introduction to the comic arts From the introduction by Paul Levitz "If ever there was a medium characterized by its unexamined self-expression, it's comics. For decades after the medium's birth, it was free of organized critical analysis, its creators generally disinclined to self-analysis or formal documentation. The average reader didn't know who created the comics, how or why . . . and except for a uniquely destructive period during America's witch-hunting of the 1950s, didn't seem to care. As the medium has matured, however, and the creativity of comics began to touch the mainstream of popular culture in many ways, curiosity followed, leading to journalism and eventually, scholarship, and so here we are." "The Power of Comics" is the first introductory textbook for comic art studies courses. Lending a broader understanding of the medium and its communication potential, it provides students with a coherent and comprehensive explanation of comic books and graphic novels, including coverage of their history and their communication techniques, research into their meanings and effects and an overview of industry practices and fan culture. Co-authors randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith draw on their own years of experience teaching comics studies courses and the scholarly literature across several disciplines to create a text with the following features: Discussion questions for each chapter Activities to engage readers Recommended reading suggestions Over 150 illustrations Bibliography Glossary "The Power of Comics" deals exclusively with comic books and graphic novels. One reason for this focus is that no one text can hope to do justice to both strips and books; there is simply too much to cover. Preference is given to comic books because in their longer form, the graphic novel, they have the greatest potential for depth and complexity of expression. As comic strips shrink in size and become more inane in content, comic books are becoming a serious art form.", A comprehensive introduction to the comic arts From the introduction by Paul Levitz "If ever there was a medium characterized by its unexamined self-expression, it's comics. For decades after the medium's birth, it was free of organized critical analysis, its creators generally disinclined to self-analysis or formal documentation. The average reader didn't know who created the comics, how or why . . . and except for a uniquely destructive period during America's witch-hunting of the 1950s, didn't seem to care. As the medium has matured, however, and the creativity of comics began to touch the mainstream of popular culture in many ways, curiosity followed, leading to journalism and eventually, scholarship, and so here we are." The Power of Comics is the first introductory textbook for comic art studies courses. Lending a broader understanding of the medium and its communication potential, it provides students with a coherent and comprehensive explanation of comic books and graphic novels, including coverage of their history and their communication techniques, research into their meanings and effects and an overview of industry practices and fan culture. Co-authors randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith draw on their own years of experience teaching comics studies courses and the scholarly literature across several disciplines to create a text with the following features: Discussion questions for each chapter Activities to engage readers Recommended reading suggestions Over 150 illustrations Bibliography Glossary The Power of Comics deals exclusively with comic books and graphic novels. One reason for this focus is that no one text can hope to do justice to both strips and books; there is simply too much to cover. Preference is given to comic books because in their longer form, the graphic novel, they have the greatest potential for depth and complexity of expression. As comic strips shrink in size and become more inane in content, comic books are becoming a serious art form. >, The Power of Comics is the first textbook to introduce undergraduate students to a broader understanding of the medium and its communication potential. Similar to film appreciation courses of the past, this text is intended for a comics appreciation course offered at most colleges and universities, but could easily be adapted to many different approaches to comics studies. >
LC Classification Number
PN6710.S57 2009
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