{"product_id":"9781350028180","title":"Webcomics","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWebcomics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sean Kleefeld\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first critical guide to cover the history, form and key critical issues of the medium, \u003ci\u003eWebcomics \u003c\/i\u003ehelps readers explore the diverse and increasingly popular worlds of online comics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·The history of webcomics and how developments in technology from the 1980s onwards presented new opportunities for comics creators and audiences \u003cbr\u003e ·Cultural contexts – from the new financial and business models allowed by digital media to social justice causes in contemporary webcomics\u003cbr\u003e ·Key texts – from early examples of the form such as \u003ci\u003eGirl Genius\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePenny Arcade \u003c\/i\u003eto popular current titles such as \u003ci\u003eQuestionable Content \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDumbing of Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·Important theoretical and critical approaches to studying webcomics\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Webcomics \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated guides to further reading, and online resources and discussion questions to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“I've always been a great fan of Sean Kleefeld's writing: its clarity, its circumspection, and the measured quality of his tone. Kleefeld is an ideal writer to chronicle the rise of modern webcomics. He patiently explores not just the nascent realities of an industry in flux but all of the roads not taken, all of the false starts and dead ends, with the perspicacity an unformed future demands. In Kleefeld's hands, defining what comics looks like today is less a sorting out process for the ages than a mad crash down a steep hill hoping to scoop up some village's bouncing wheel of cheese set loose on the valley below. By the time you're through, you'll know just what set of circumstances won the day, and what set didn't and what might be yet to come. The longer you take to find and read your own copy is the amount of time I get to be smarter than you.” —\u003ci\u003eTom Spurgeon, Publisher and Managing Editor, The Comics Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350028180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40744358019278,"sku":"9781350028180","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9fe46771-f4f4-43dc-a48e-d4d3aae91c33.jpg?v=1641448273","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350028180","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}