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03169aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4CC5FB6CD37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230405010043 008 220204s2022 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022004456 020 $a 1350098442 020 $a 9781350098442 020 $a 1350098450 020 $a 9781350098459 035 $a (OCoLC)1295619365 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d YT1 $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN6712 C69 2022 100 1 $a Cowling, Sam, $e author. 245 10 $a Philosophy of comics : $b an introduction / $c Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2022. 300 $a x, 360 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "What exactly are comics? Can they be art, literature, or even pornography? How should we understand the characters, stories, and genres that shape them? Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation, narrative, and value. Philosophy of Comics is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium, Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics. Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as Watchmen, Tales from the Crypt, and Fun Home, Cowling and Cray explore ethical, aesthetic, and ontological puzzles, including: - What does it take to create-or destroy-a fictional character like Superman? - Can all comics be adapted into films, or are some comics impossible to adapt? - Is there really a genre of "superhero comics"? - When are comics obscene, pornographic, and why does it matter? At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $g 10. $g 1. $t Page, Panel, Screen -- Comics and Adaptation. $g 2. $t What Are Comics? -- $g 3. $t Comics as Artifacts -- Ontology and Authenticity -- $g 4. $t Does Superman Exist? -- $g 5. $t Truth in Comics -- $g 6. $t Genre in Comics -- $g 7. $t Representing Social Categories in Comics -- $g 8. $t Are Comics Literature? -- $g 9. $t Comics, Obscenity, and Pornography -- $g 10. $t Page, Panel, Screen -- Comics and Adaptation. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Philosophy in literature. 650 0 $a Graphic novels $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Literature $x Philosophy. 700 1 $a Cray, Wesley, $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cowling, Sam. $t Philosophy of comics $d London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 $z 9781350098466 $w (DLC) 2022004457 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804011013.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100409.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CC5FB6CD37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search