(Summer 2012)

University of Illinois Press, 1975 Series
 
Volume
38
Price
20.00 USD
Pages
140 ?
Indicia Frequency
twice yearly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
Barcode
?
Editing
Elizabeth Delacruz

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

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The Shape of Our Thoughts -- A Meditation on & in Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Nick Sousanis (credited)
Pencils
Nick Sousanis (credited)
Inks
Nick Sousanis (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A discussion of how traditional story-telling informs the creation of comics.
Keywords
storytelling

Down the Rabbit Hole (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Matthew Sutherlin (credited)
Pencils
Matthew Sutherlin (credited)
Inks
Matthew Sutherlin (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A discussion of how time is "spatialized" in comics.
Keywords
rabbits; storytelling; time

Graphic Affects (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jason Wallin (credited)
Pencils
Jason Wallin (credited)
Inks
Jason Wallin (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How simple graphic images can create a comics story.
Keywords
storytelling

My Father Began Disappearing (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Vicky Grube (credited)
Pencils
Vicky Grube (credited)
Inks
Vicky Grube (credited)
Letters
Vicky Grube (credited)
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Synopsis
A memoir of Vicky Grube's father's death from cancer.
Keywords
cancer; death; hospitals; illness; memoirs

What to do About Chain-Saw Massacres? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert W. Sweeny (credited)
Pencils
Robert W. Sweeny (credited)(collage)
Inks
Robert W. Sweeny (credited)(collage)
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A discussion of the nature of creativity using "cut-and-paste" of panels from other comics.
Keywords
creativity

Indexer Notes

Panels from comics by Roger Stern; Tom Sutton; Cary Bates; Jim Starlin; Dick Giordano; Mark Gruenwald; Carmine Infantino; Al Gordon; Katsuhiro Otomo; Paul Pope; Peter Kuper; Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean; Stan Lee; Steve Ditko; Roy Thomas; Howard Chaykin; Naoki Urusawa; Tony Millionaire; Mike Baron; Kelley Jones; Chris Claremont; John Byrne; Al Hartley; Jason Lutes; P. M. Van Horn; M. K. Brown; and Carol Lay

Thinking Inside the Boxes: the Importance of Comics and Graphic Novels in Visual Arts Education (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Grant Thomas (credited)
Inks
Grant Thomas (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A discussion of the value of comics in the classroom when teaching art.
Keywords
art; education; teaching

Can You Picture This? (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Rachel Crane-Williams (credited)
Pencils
Rachel Crane-Williams (credited)
Inks
Rachel Crane-Williams (credited)
Letters
Rachel Crane-Williams
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
The creator discusses how she found a way to combine her social activism, scholarship, and comics creation.
Keywords
activism; art; comic books; prisons

Sharing Our Life Experiences Through Autobiographical Graphic Novels (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Marta Madrid Manrique (credited)
Pencils
Marta Madrid Manrique (credited)
Inks
Marta Madrid Manrique (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
The author discusses how she got her students to discuss their own lives using autobiographical comics such as Persepolis and Fun Home.
Keywords
autobiography; education; teaching

Politics of Art Making (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Maria Robinson-Cseke (credited)
Pencils
Maria Robinson-Cseke (credited)
Inks
Maria Robinson-Cseke (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
The author discusses comics within the framework of Giles Deleuze's and Felix Guattaria's film theories.
Keywords
film theory; origami
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. The Shape of Our Thoughts -- A Meditation on & in Comics
  2. 2. Down the Rabbit Hole
  3. 3. Graphic Affects
  4. 4. My Father Began Disappearing
  5. 5. What to do About Chain-Saw Massacres?
  6. 6. Thinking Inside the Boxes: the Importance of Comics and Graphic Novels in Visual Arts Education
  7. 7. Can You Picture This?
  8. 8. Sharing Our Life Experiences Through Autobiographical Graphic Novels
  9. 9. Politics of Art Making
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