On the Graphic Novel

author: Santiago García
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2016/05/25
date added: 2019/01/08
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'On the Graphic Novel' by Santiago Garcia is a serious and scholarly look at the graphic novel. The writer is a comic artist himself. The book was written a few years back, but the information is still relevant.

There is a lot of semantic argument of what a graphic novel is and is not. This book sides with the more literate and underground definition, but doesn't mind including some works from the superhero side of things. I can agree with this definition for the purpose of this work.

The book takes a good look at the evolution of the comic book, from woodcuts to throwaway reprints of newspaper comics to Superman and beyond. The underground comix of the late 1960s have a chapter as well as the alternative movement in the 1980s. From subversive themes to famous autobiographical works. The names discussed include R. Crumb, Chris Ware, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and many, many others.

Examples of many of the works are included in picture inserts and there is an extensive bibliography at the end of the book. As a fan of comics and graphic novels, I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful non-fiction look at their history and place in history.

I received a review copy of this ebook from University Press of Mississippi and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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