Comics & Graphic Novels

Classics and Comics By:George Kovacs,C. W. Marshall Published on 2011 by Oxford University Press Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture. Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. This volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comi...

From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels. The Formal and Functional Development of the Graphic Narrative in America By:Nico Reiher Published on 2014-03-24 by GRIN Verlag Diploma Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Martin Luther University, language: English, abstract: Throughout the history of the modern graphic narrative in America, its format has extended from short newspaper comic strips to the substantially longer graphic novels of today. During this physical evolution, the stylistic features of the art form were gradually broadened, as well. Defining creators transcended the formal characteristics of the art form, hence, establishing and constantly enriching a variety of narrative tools. Simultaneously, the cultural acceptance of comics as an acknowledged form of expression has also undergone a major shift. Today, authorities and institutions of highbrow literature are increasingly starting to recognize recent ambitious comic books as sop...