This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels. Contributor essays provide authoritative up-to-date overviewsof the major topics and questions within comic studies offering readers a truly global approach to understanding the field. Essays examine: the history of the temporal geographical and formal development of comics including topics like art comics manga comix and the comics code; issues such as authorship ethics adaptation and translating comics; connections between comics and other artistic media (drawing caricature film) as well as the linkages between comics and other academic fields like linguistics and philosophy; new perspectives on comics genres from funny animal comics to war comics to romance comics and beyond. The Routledge Companion to Comics expertly organizes representative work from a range of disciplines including media and cultural studies literature philosophy and linguistics. More than an introduction to the study of comics this book will serve as a crucial reference for anyone interested in pursuing research in the area guiding students scholars and comics fans alike. . Language: English