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2907838Adult Comicshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/adult-comics-9781134558063/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2865915/7331e449-7006-4ab9-b569-6023fa3f3815.jpg?v=63838455757013000011281128MXNTaylor & FrancisInStock/Ebooks/<p>In a society where a comic equates with knockabout amusement for children, the sudden pre-eminence of adult comics, on everything from political satire to erotic fantasy, has predictably attracted an enormous amount of attention.</p><p>Adult comics are part of the cultural landscape in a way that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. In this first survey of its kind, Roger Sabin traces the history of comics for older readers from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. He takes in the pioneering titles pre-First World War, the underground comix of the 1960s and 1970s, fandom in the 1970s and 1980s, and the boom of the 1980s and 1990s (including graphic novels and Viz.). Covering comics from the United States, Europe and Japan, <em>Adult Comics</em> addresses such issues as the graphic novel in context, cultural overspill and the role of women.</p><p>By taking a broad sweep, Sabin demonstrates that the widely-held notion that comics grew up in the late 1980s is a mistaken one, largely invented by the media. <em>Adult Comics: An Introduction</em> is intended primarily for student use, but is written with the comic enthusiast very much in mind.</p>...2844374Adult Comics11281128https://www.gandhi.com.mx/adult-comics-9781134558063/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2865915/7331e449-7006-4ab9-b569-6023fa3f3815.jpg?v=638384557570130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781134558063_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_<p>In a society where a comic equates with knockabout amusement for children, the sudden pre-eminence of adult comics, on everything from political satire to erotic fantasy, has predictably attracted an enormous amount of attention.</p><p>Adult comics are part of the cultural landscape in a way that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. In this first survey of its kind, Roger Sabin traces the history of comics for older readers from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. He takes in the pioneering titles pre-First World War, the underground comix of the 1960s and 1970s, fandom in the 1970s and 1980s, and the boom of the 1980s and 1990s (including graphic novels and Viz.). Covering comics from the United States, Europe and Japan, <em>Adult Comics</em> addresses such issues as the graphic novel in context, cultural overspill and the role of women.</p><p>By taking a broad sweep, Sabin demonstrates that the widely-held notion that comics grew up in the late 1980s is a mistaken one, largely invented by the media. <em>Adult Comics: An Introduction</em> is intended primarily for student use, but is written with the comic enthusiast very much in mind.</p>9781134558063_Taylor and Francislibro_electonico_759faab3-d2cc-3ec3-8406-78bcaf898429_9781134558063;9781134558063_9781134558063Roger SabinInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/taylorandfrancis-epub-dea36f1a-8a57-403d-a2fc-e8f436263c9b.epub2013-10-11T00:00:00+00:00Taylor and Francis