Comics is...: Debating the Subject of Comics Studies
Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels;
- Publisher's listprice EUR 149.79
-
62 125 Ft (59 167 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 20% (cc. 12 425 Ft off)
- Discounted price 49 700 Ft (47 334 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
62 125 Ft
Availability
Not yet published.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date of Publication 9 February 2026
- ISBN 9783032099471
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages250 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations VI, 250 p. 10 illus. in color. 0
Categories
Long description:
"
Taking the contested and contestable meaning of “comics” as its starting point, Comics is... brings together ten comics scholars from different disciplines and with different approaches to what some of us call comics, to debate and discuss the foundations of Comics Studies in a provocative and thought-provoking way.
The book is built around a three-part structure: each contributor writes a sentence or brief statement, starting from the prompt “Comics is...”; a colleague replies to the statement with a reflection, critique, or application of the statement or the position it advances; and, finally, the author of the statement responds to the reply in a brief essay.
Through its dialogical format, the book is likely to spark new conversations in the field; the statement–response–reply format will illustrate that the ways we think as comics scholars are processual, and any reader will find things they agree and disagree with in its pages - and, more importantly, will find occasion to reevaluate their own thinking.
Furthermore, when taken together, the “Comics is...” statements along with the responses and replies provide a barometer of the state of Comics Studies at present, exemplifying current approaches within the field and some of the thinking behind why some of us do our work in certain ways, while others choose sometimes radically different ones.
" MoreTable of Contents:
"
Preface.- Contributor Bios.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Comics is... plural? No, Singular!—no—.- Chapter 2. Comics is a Name Some of us Give to Telling Stories with Pictures.- Chapter 3. Comics is a Way to Circulate Experience.- Chapter 4. Comics is a Space for Sharing Experiences.- Chapter 5. Comics is a Multimodal Art Form.- Chapter 6. Comics is an Inherently Physiognomic Artform.- Chapter 7. Comics is Dynamic Interplay.- Chapter 8. Comics is Best Understood as a Field.- Chapter 9. Comics is as Comics Does.- Index.
" More
