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03848aam a2200457 i 4500 001 C1F8F9701E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20191214010106 008 190322t20192019msua b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019011953 020 $a 1496825047 020 $a 9781496825049 020 $a 1496825039 020 $a 9781496825032 035 $a (OCoLC)1099271648 040 $a MsSM/DLC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d MUM $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d MNN $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN6714 $b .F74 2019 082 00 $a 741.5/358209732 $2 23 100 1 $a Fraser, Benjamin, $e author. 245 10 $a Visible cities, global comics : $b urban images and spatial form / $c Benjamin Fraser. 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2019] 300 $a viii, 290 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "More and more people are noticing links between urban geography and the spaces within the layout of panels on the comics page. Benjamin Fraser explores the representation of the city in a range of comics from across the globe. Comics address the city as an idea, a historical fact, a social construction, a material-built environment, a shared space forged from the collective imagination, or as a social arena navigated according to personal desire. Accordingly, Fraser brings insights from urban theory to bear on specific comics. The works selected comprise a variety of international, alternative, and independent small-press comics artists, from engravings and early comics to single-panel work, graphic novels, manga, and trading cards, by artists such as Will Eisner, Tsutomu Nihei, Hariton Pushwagner, Julie Doucet, Frans Masereel, and Chris Ware. In the first monograph on this subject, Fraser touches on many themes of modern urban life: activism, alienation, consumerism, flaÌnerie, gentrification, the mystery story, science fiction, sexual orientation, and working-class labor. He leads readers to images of cities such as Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Lyon, Madrid, Montevideo, Montreal, New York, Oslo, Paris, SaÌo Paolo, and Tokyo. Through close readings, each chapter introduces readers to specific comics artists and works and investigates a range of topics related to the medium's spatial form, stylistic variation, and cultural prominence. Mainly, Fraser mixes interest in urbanism and architecture with the creative strategies that comics artists employ to bring their urban images to life." -- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a "First printing 2019." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The modern city streets -- The passions of everyday urban life -- Urban planning, built environment, and the structure of cities -- Architecture, materiality, and the tactile city -- Danger, disease, and death in the graphic urban imagination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Graphic novels $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Cities and towns in literature. 650 0 $a Public spaces in literature. 650 7 $a Cities and towns in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861865 650 7 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869145 650 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00946656 650 7 $a Public spaces in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01083063 655 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fraser, Benjamin. $t Visible cities, global comics. $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] $z 9781496825056 $w (DLC) 2019020239 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317013932.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1F8F9701E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search