Details

Subject(s)

• Comic books, strips, etc—United States—History and criticism [Browse]
• Graphic novels—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

• Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 64. [More in this series]
• Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 64 [More in this series]

Summary note

"Writers and artists in the highly competitive U.S. comics mainstream have always had to explore these questions but they were especially pressing in the 1980s. As comics readers grew older they started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters--writers and artists with distinctive styles were in demand. DC Comics and Marvel went looking for such mavericks and found them in the United Kingdom. Creators like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison and Garth Ennis migrated from the anarchical British comics industry to the U.S. mainstream and shook up the status quo yet came to rely on the genius of the American system."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.

ISBN

• 9781476674155 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))
• 1476674159 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2018053970

OCLC

1074244673

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