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Humor gráfico: Manual de uso para la historia
Los Polvorines: Ediciones UNGS, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (2015), 123 pp.
"El primer capítulo, titulado “Hacia una conceptualización del humor gráfico”, se propone aportar herramientas conceptuales y teóricas que nos permitan concebir al humor gráfico como un tipo particular de discurso social. El capítulo comienza con un intento de organización conceptual de l
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Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels
New York, London: Routledge (2015), xiii, 269 pp.
"This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don't conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Ro
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Grassroots Comics as Participatory Communication in the Khwe Community, South Africa
In: Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), pp. 109-132
"The subject of this paper is communicating with indigenous communities via grassroots comics, in this case the Khwe San who live in Platfontein in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The study is largely informed by contemporary shifts in development theory, particularly that of participato
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Political Parody and Satire as Subversive Speech in the Global Digital Sphere
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 3 (2015), pp. 211-311
Asian Comics
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi (2015), x, 342 pp.
"As only Japanese comics output has received close and by now voluminous scrutiny, Asian Comics tells the story of the major comics creators outside of Japan. Lent covers the nations and regions of Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philipp
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Creating Graphic Novels: Adapting and Marketing Stories for a Multimillion-Dollar Industry
Studio City, Calif.: Michael Wiese Productions (2014), xi, 172 pp.
"This step-by-step guide to creating a graphic novel from your story idea will teach you the essential artistic, technical, and business practices necessary for getting your graphic novel on the page and in front of readers." (Publisher description)
Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present
London: Thames & Hudson (2014), 319 pp.
"The book traces comics’ evolution up to the emergence of today's global, digital scene and the medium’s likely future. Robert Crumb and Gabrielle Bell, Jack Kirby and Alan Moore, Moebius, Yumiko Oshima and Osamu Tezuka are just a few of the hundreds of artists and writers included – making it
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Wallposter Comics Workshop: Trainer's Guide
Vantaa (FI): World Comics (2014), 38 pp.
"This guide is made for civil society activists who plan to run wallposter comics workshops within their own organisations or groups. All steps needed to run a workshop are fully explained in the guide and it should be used together with our manual “How to make wallposter comics”, which should b
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Caricaturistes: Fantassins de la démocratie
[Arles]: Actes Sud; Cartooning for Peace (2014), 415 pp.
"Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie est publié à l’occasion de la sortie du film-événement éponyme, co-écrit et produit par Radu Mihaileanu et réalisé par Stéphanie Valloatto, qui présente douze grands caricaturistes internationaux, reconnus pour leur courage et leur engagemen
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Medien und psychische Prozesse: Wie sich Traumata und Wünsche in Medien ausdrücken und deren Entwicklung antreiben
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2013), 258 pp.
"Was treibt die Medienentwicklung an? Wie und warum prägen sich neue Medienformen aus? Christina L. Steinmann schlägt eine Perspektive vor, in der sich Traumata und Wünsche in Medien einschreiben und deren Entwicklung beeinflussen. Medien werden dabei als Ausdruck, Symptom und Auslagerungsort psy
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Zimbabwean Diaspora Politics and the Power of Laughter: Humour as a Tool for Political Communication, Criticism and Protest
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 295-314
"Zimbabwean journalists and civil society activists in the diaspora have employed humour not merely to mock or ridicule but to conscientize people, and to raise attention for and awareness of the situation in Zimbabwe, including the social, economic and political realities and everyday life concerns
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Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods
New York et al.: Routledge (2012), xviii, 310 pp.
"Each chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach, which students can then apply to interrogate and critique the meanings and forms of comic books, graphic novels, and other sequential art. Contributors introduce a wide range of critical perspectives on comics, including fan
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Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle
Austin: University of Texas Press (2010), xi, 257 pp.
"Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling sto
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100 dessins pour Haiti
Tournai (Belgium): Casterman; Cartooning for Peace (2010), approx. 200 pp.
"Depuis le séisme du 12 janvier 2010, l'aide internationale afflue à Haïti. Passés les premiers secours, c'est maintenant tout un pays qui doit se reconstruire. Un soutien durable est donc nécessaire pour que les Haïtiens puissent retrouver une vie normale. C'est pourquoi les dessinateurs de p
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Cartooning in Africa
Deep Insights
Cresskill: Hampton Press (2009), xi, 383 pp.
"This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and
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India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), 240 pp.
"Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the A
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La caricature et le dessin de presse en Afrique
Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 239 pp.
Comic-Analyse
Konstanz: UVK (2008), 210 pp.
