Bibliograph

Faster than a speeding bullet, the rise of the graphic novel, Stephen Weiner

Type

Label

Faster than a speeding bullet, the rise of the graphic novel, Stephen Weiner

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Faster than a speeding bullet

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

821178690

Responsibility statement

Stephen Weiner

Sub title

the rise of the graphic novel

Summary

Graphic novels have exploded off bookstore shelves into movies, college courses, and the New York Times book review, and comics historian and children's literature specialist Stephen Weiner explains the phenomenon in this groundbreaking book-the first history of graphic novels. From the agonizing Holocaust vision of Art Spiegelman's Maus to the teenage angst of Dan Clowes's Ghost World, this study enters the heart of the graphic novel revolution. The complete history of this popular format is explained, from the first modern, urban autobiographical graphic novel, Will Eisn

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Rise of the graphic novel

Classification

Contributor