Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative Work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture.
As accessible to the hardcore fan as to the curious newcomer, R.
Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Chris Ware-and explains their roots, influences, and where They fit into the pantheon of art.
In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why and how.
Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative Work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture