Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
No CoverA concise history of graphic novels, tracing their rise from comics to a respected medium.
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A concise history of graphic novels, tracing their rise from comics to a respected medium.
Graphic novels have exploded off bookstore shelves into movies, college courses, and the New York Times book review, and comics historian and children’s literature specialist Stephen Weiner explains the phenomenon in this groundbreaking book—the first history of graphic novels. From the agonizing Holocaust vision of Art Spiegelman’s Maus to the teenage angst of Dan Clowes’s Ghost World, this study enters the heart of the graphic novel revolution. The complete history of this popular format is ex...
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Minor references to mature themes in graphic novels discussed.
Moderate mentions of violence in comics, including war and superhero themes.
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Brief mentions of LGBTQ+ themes in graphic novels like Fun Home.
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Minor references to occult themes in comics like Sandman.
Moderate discussion of social and political themes in graphic novel history.
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Brief mentions of suffering, such as Holocaust themes in Maus.
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