{"product_id":"9781350633209","title":"Thinking About Comics An Introduction to Ideas, Medium and Cultures","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThinking About Comics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction to Ideas, Medium and Cultures\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSimon Grennan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively and compelling guide to the key ideas that have shaped how drawn stories are made and used globally, this book is a comprehensively illustrated roadmap to thinking about comics and narrative drawing as centres of cultural change and for making sense of the world. \u003c\/b\u003eBalancing crucial detail with accessible brevity, \u003ci\u003eThinking About Comics\u003c\/i\u003e consolidates and connects the most significant ideas from comics and media studies, art theory and philosophy to offer a fresh characterisation of the medium, its past and current uses, and possible future transformations and opportunities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevealing the relationships between visual storytelling and the body, mass production and seriality, drawing and language, social conventions and the impact of comics on lived experience, author Simon Grennan foregoes a chronological approach to comics to start with the nature of visual depiction; what follows is a dynamic overview of the visual language of comics across different cultures. With a fundamental and multi-faceted focus on drawing and teasing out the difference between what is and is not language, Grennan brings together a wide range of materials in the field from sources published at the foundation of the discipline to recent scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStructured around English, French, Japanese, Chinese and Korean case studies from different traditions of comics drawing, distribution and use, the book includes over 180 illustrations and students can also benefit from a glossary of key terms and further reading for each section. Making fresh connections between familiar and unfamiliar ideas and ranging widely across histories, people and places this is a unique, powerful introduction to how comics work as a medium of communication and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSimon Grennan\u003c\/b\u003e is Leading Research Fellow at the University of Chester, UK. He is an awarded scholar of visual narrative, graphic novelist and cartoonist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDrawing in Drag by Marie Duval\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Narrative Drawing \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003eDispossession \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), one of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year 2015, which is a graphic adaptation of a novel by Anthony Trollope. He is co-author, with Roger Sabin and Julian Waite, of \u003ci\u003eMarie Duval: Maverick Victorian Cartoonist \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eMarie Duval \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Marie Duval Archive \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), co-author of \u003ci\u003eKey Terms in Comics Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and co-editor, with Laurence Grove, of\u003ci\u003e Transforming Anthony Trollope: 'Dispossession', Victorianism and 19th-century Word and Image \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), among others. Since 1990, he has been half of international artists team Grennan \u0026amp; Sperandio, producer of over forty comics and books (www.kartoonkings.com).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350633209\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944878178444,"sku":"9781350633209","price":23.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_fec3d027-577f-4da7-8d15-06b245865318.jpg?v=1786036475","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350633209","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}