ISBN:
9781137550903
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (313 p)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Parallel Title:
Print version Brienza, Casey Cultures of Comics Work
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Comics Work -- What is Comics Work? -- Comics as Cultural Work -- Cultural Work, Convergence, and the Creative Industries -- Toward an Understanding of Comics Work -- Key Concepts in the Study of Comics Work -- Locating Labor -- Illustrating Workers -- Pushing the Boundaries -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Locating Labor -- Chapter 2: For the Love of the Craft: Industry, Identity, and Australian Comics
Abstract:
Comics as Creative Labor -- Scene Culture and Creative Identity -- Australian Comics Production as a Creative Industry? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Between Art and the Underground: From Corporate to Collaborative Comics in India -- Comics Events for a Public Culture -- Orijit Sen and Creative Community -- Pratheek Thomas and Collaborative Storytelling -- Vidyun Sabhaney and Alternative Acceptance -- Conclusion: Building Collaborative Communities -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Making Comics as Artisans: Comic Book Production in Colombia -- Introduction
Abstract:
Some Historical Landmarks, 1970-1997 -- The New Era, 1997-Present -- The Curse of # 1 -- Contemporary Colombian Comics Artists, Groups, and Events -- Artists -- Events -- Groups -- Overview -- The Ink Is Finally Drying -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Nuestro Futuro ¿Hombres Libres, O Esclavos?: Imagining US-Mexican Cooperation against the Axis Powers in a World War II Propaganda Comic -- Introduction -- The Office of Inter-American Affairs -- The American Jewish Committee -- Producing Nuestro Futuro -- Distribution -- Work and Labor Relations -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 6: Recognizing Comics as Brazilian National Popular Culture: CETPA and the Debates over Comics Professional Identities (1961-1964) -- CETPA's Creation -- Tensions and Conflicts Between the Comics Art World and CETPA's Editorial Politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: From Turtles to Topatoco: A Brief History of Comic Book Production in the Pioneer Valley -- Introduction: A Place of Historical Significance -- Field and Capital -- A Brief Chronology of the Northampton Scene -- A Precedent for Autonomy: The Underground Comix Movement -- A Period of Decline
Abstract:
Conclusion: Toward Possibility -- Note -- References -- Part II: Illustrating Workers -- Chapter 8: The Case of the Missing Author: Toward an Anatomy of Collaboration in Comics -- Introduction: The Anxiety of Responsibility -- The Auteur: The Apprenticeship Model -- Partnership Models: A Marriage of Equals? -- Collaborative Teams: The Overtly Feminist Model -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 9: Drawing Fatherhood: The Working Father Figure in the Autobiographical Graphic Novels of Guy Delisle -- Cultural Work -- Fatherhood and Work -- Analytic Approach -- Prominent Themes
Abstract:
The Distracted Parent
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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