Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle

by Derek Parker Royal and Frederick Luis Aldama

Book Overview

Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling stories that gravitate around issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality within and outside the U.S. comic book industry. Among the explorations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292737432
• ISBN13: 9780292737433
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"