{"product_id":"reading-comics-how-graphic-novels-work-and-what-they-mean-9780306816161","title":"Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics- from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim to Chris Ware -- and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible to the hardcore fan and the curious newcomer; it is the first book for people who want to know not just what comics are worth reading, but also the ways to think talk, and argue about them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Wolk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 5.79w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306816161\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Wolk\u003c\/b\u003e writes about comics and music for publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39822071693427,"sku":"0306816164","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7b0c2320-b331-4688-8d33-fc923f9fdc36.jpg?v=1644520497","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/reading-comics-how-graphic-novels-work-and-what-they-mean-9780306816161","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}