Autobiographical Comics

Andrew J. Kunka is Professor of English at University of South Carolina Sumter, USA. He is co-editor of May Sinclair: Moving Towards the Modern (2006).

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: What Are Autobiographical Comics?
2. The History of Autobiographical Comics
3. Critical Questions
4. Social and Cultural Impact
Trauma
Adolescence
The Quotidian and the Confessional
Gender and Sexuality
Race and Ethnicity
Graphic Medicine
Censorship and Controversy
Self-Publishing and Web Comics
5. Key Texts
Justin Green, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Harvey Pekar, et al, American Splendor
Keiji Nakazawa, Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Art Spiegelman, Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers
Phoebe Gloeckner, A Child’s Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Joe Matt, Chester Brown, and Seth
Lynda Barry, One Hundred Demons
Craig Thompson, Blankets
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home
6. Appendix
Appendix 1: Autobiographical Comics Panel
Appendix 2: Interview with Jennifer Hayden
Appendix 3: David Chelsea
Appendix 4: Ryan Claytor
7. Glossary
8. Resources
Primary Texts
Critical Bibliography
9. Index