Comics Studies: A Guidebook (Paperback)

Introduction - Bart Beaty and Charles Hatfield
Part I : Histories
1. Comic Strips - Ian Gordon
2. Comic Books - Charles Hatfield
3. Underground and Alternative Comics - Roger Sabin
4. European Traditions - Bart Beaty
5. Manga - Frenchy Lunning
6. The Graphic Novel - Isaac Cates
Part II : Cultures
7. Comics Industries - Matthew P. McAllister and Brian MacAuley
8. Readers, Audiences, and Fans - Benjamin Woo
9. Children and Comics - Philip Nel
10. Difference - Theresa Tensuan
Part III : Forms
11. Cartooning - Andrei Molotiu
12. Design in Comics: Panels and Pages - Martha Kuhlman
13. Words and Images - Jan Baetens
Part IV : Genres
14. Superheroes - Marc Singer
15. Autographics - Gillian Whitlock
16. Girls, Women, and Comics - Mel Gibson
17. Digital Comics - Darren Wershler, Kalervo Sinervo, and Shannon Tien
Time Line of Selected Events
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes on the Contributors
Index