Hillary Chute, “Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form” (Harvard UP, 2016)
In her new book Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form (Harvard UP, 2016), Hillary Chute analyses the documentary power in the comics-form sometimes known as “graphic novels.” Ch...
14 Mar 201652min
Liam Burke, “The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre” (UP of Mississippi, 2015)
When Marvel’s X-Men took the movie theaters by storm in the summer of 2000, the studios were both surprised and unprepared for the popularity of a comic book film. Over the last fifteen years, filmmak...
26 Sep 20151h 11min
MK Czerwiec, et al., “Graphic Medicine Manifesto” (Penn State UP, 2015)
Physician/author Ian Williams coined the term “graphic medicine” to “denote the role that comics can play in the study and delivery of healthcare.” The robust emerging graphic medicine community can b...
24 Jul 20151h 18min
James Daily and Ryan Davidson, “The Law of Superheroes” (Gotham Books 2012)
James Daily, J.D. and Ryan Davidson, J.D. are the co-authors of The Law of Superheroes (Gotham Books 2012). The book uses comic book scenarios, much as previous volumes on physics and philosophy, to a...
13 Nov 201222min
