TY - BOOK AU - Kukkonen,Karin TI - Studying comics and graphic novels SN - 9781118499931 (cloth) AV - PN6710 .K84 2013 U1 - 741.59/K95 23 PY - 2013/// CY - West Sussex, UK : PB - John Wiley & Sons Ltd. KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - History and criticism KW - Graphic novels N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: how to use this book -- What's in a page: close-reading comics -- The way comics tell it: narration and narrators -- Narrating minds and bodies: autobiographical comics -- Novels and graphic novels: adaptations -- Comics and their history -- The study and criticism of comics -- Conclusion: comics as literature -- Appendix: more comics and graphic novels to read N2 - This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout ER -