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Index
Coverpage
Half title
Title page
Imprints page
Contents
Figures
Contributors
Chronology
Introduction
1 How the Graphic Novel Works
The Panel
Framing
Blocking
Acting
Mise-en-Scène
The Sequence
The Page
The Narrative
Works Cited
Notes
2 From Comics to the Graphic Novel
Works Cited
Notes
3 The Development of the American Graphic Novel
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
2000–2010
2010–2015
Works Cited
Notes
4 The International Graphic Novel
The European and Latin American Graphic Novel, from Töpffer to L'Association
The Graphic Novel in Japan, from 1933
Graphic Novels in the International Age
Manga and Western Comics
Internationalism in the Anglophone graphic novel
The British Invasion of the American Mainstream
The Internet and the International Graphic Novel
Graphic Novels in Translation
Works Cited
Notes
5 Historical Fiction
Works Cited
Notes
6 Revisionist Superheroes, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Introduction
Revising Characters
Revising Genre Content
Revising Genre Conventions
Conclusion
Works Cited
Notes
7 The Autobiographical and Biographical Graphic Novel
Confessional Comics
Historical/Autobiographical Comics
Facing Illness
Travel
Biography
Works Cited
Notes
8 Other Non-Fiction
Why Are There Non-Fictional Graphic Novels Today?
How It Started
Safe Area Goražde: A Turning Point in Graphic Journalism
Beyond the Pictures and Drawings Divide
Non-Fiction in the Graphic Novel is Here to Stay
Works Cited
Notes
9 Novel to Graphic Novel
The Importance of Choices and Applications
The Invisible Man: Artistic Style as a Study in Genre
Intentional Translation in Cooke's Adaptation of The Hunter
Degrees of Departure: Adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Political Satire in Rowson's Gulliver's Travels
Conclusions
Works Cited
Notes
10 Graphic Novel into Film
Works Cited
Notes
11 Some Classics
Lynda Barry: Postmodern Autobiography as Scholarly Success Story
David B.: Autobiography and the Scholarly Near-Miss
Jiro Taniguchi: The Ignored Graphic Novelist
Conclusion
Works Cited
Notes
12 Learning from the Graphic Novel
Works Cited
Notes
Further Reading
Books
Websites
Index
Cambridge Companions to…
Authors
Topics
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