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03492aam a2200445 i 4500 001 95B1351CC0CF11EE81BF3A115DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240201010027 008 220813t20232023txua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2022034888 020 $a 1477327363 020 $a 9781477327364 040 $a TxU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN6714 $b .B763 2023 082 00 $a 741.5/352 $2 23/eng/20221004 100 1 $a Brown, Jeffrey A., $d 1966- $e author. 245 10 $a Super bodies : $b comic book illustration, artistic styles, and narrative impact / $c Jeffrey A. Brown. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Austin, TX : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 240 pages : $b illustrations : $c 27 cm. 490 1 $a World comics and graphic nonfiction series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : How to draw superheroes -- The superhero and the dessinateur -- Idealism and comic book heroes -- Retro art and nostalgia -- Realism in an unrealistic genre -- Super cute manga, kawaii and infantilization -- Grotesque bodies and monstrous heroes -- Comic noir, more than just black and white -- Drawing conclusions. 520 $a "For many, the idea of comic book art implies simplistic four-color renderings of stiff characters slugging it out. In fact, modern superhero comic books showcase a range of complex artistic styles, with diverse connotations. Leading comics scholar Jeffrey A. Brown assesses six distinctive approaches to superhero illustration--idealism, realism, cute, retro, grotesque, and noir--examining how each visually represents the superhero as a symbolic construct freighted with meaning. Whereas comic book studies tend to focus on text and narrative, Drawing Superheroes gives overdue credit to the artwork, which is not only a principal source of the appeal of comic books but also central to the values these works embody. Brown argues that superheroes are not to be taken as representations of people but as iconic types, and the art conveys this. Even the most realistic comic illustrations are designed to suggest not persons but ideas--ideas about bodies and societies. Thus the appearance of superheroes both directly and indirectly influences the story being told as well as the opinions readers form concerning justice, authority, gender, puberty, sexuality, ethnicity, violence, and other concepts central to political and cultural life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x Themes, motives. $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Superheroes $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Superheroes $x Social aspects. 650 7 $a Superheroes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01765254 655 7 $a Comics (Graphic works) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921613 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Brown, Jeffrey A., 1966- $t Super bodies. $b First edition $d Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023 $z 9781477327371 $w (DLC) 2022034889 830 0 $a World comics and graphic nonfiction series. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619010504.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240201010214.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95B1351CC0CF11EE81BF3A115DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search