Introduction. Pow! zap! : comics aren't just for cultural studies professors anymore -- The myth of eco : comics, continuity, and cultural populism -- The abuses of history : postmodernism and contemporary superhero comics -- Properties of the imagination : copyright and empire in The league of extraordinary gentlemen -- The limits of realism : alternative comics and the workshop aesthetic -- Comics studies in miniature : the canonization of Persepolis -- Shadows of the past : fictions of history in Nat Turner -- Afterword. Never apologize, never defend.
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