Comics as History, Comics as Literature (eBook)

Annessa Ann Babic is coordinator of interdisciplinary studies at New York Institute of Technology.

ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionFrance, The Second Comics MarketAntiquity and Bandes Dessinées: Schizophrenic Nationalism Between Atlanticism and Marxism Henri-Simon Blanc-HoàgDid You Learn Your Strip?: The History of France as Comic Fad in the 1970s Guillaume de Syon “Ils sont fous ces Gaulois!”: Astérix, Lucky Luke, Freedom Fries, and the Love-Hate Relationship Between France and the United States Annick PellegrinNation and RevolutionImage and Text in Service of the Nation: Historically-themed Comic Books as Civic Education in 1980s Mexico Melanie HuskaImages of US WarsWho is Diana Prince?: The Amazon Army Nurse of World War II Peter LeeWonder Woman as Patriotic Icon: The Amazon Princess for the Nation and FemininityAnnessa Ann BabicComic Containment: No Laughing Matter James C. LethbridgeGraphic/Narrative/History: Defining the Essential Experience(s) of 9/11 Lynda GoldsteinMorals, Ethics, and RaceSuper Gay!: Depictions of Homosexuality in Mainstream Superhero ComicsKara M. KvaranThe Man in the Gray Metal Suit: Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four, and the Costs of Conformity Micah RueberSeen City: Frank Miller’s Re-Imaging as a Cinematic “New Real” Christina DokouDark LogicThe Zombie Apocalypse: A Fictional State of Nature? Faiz SheikhLogicomix and the Enunciatory Apparatus Beatrice SkordiliWorks Cited Index About the Contributors