Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses

Building off the argument that comics succeed as literature

rich, complex narratives filled with compelling characters interrogating the thought-provoking issues of our time

This book argues that comics are an expressive medium

whose moves (structural and aesthetic) may be shared by literature, the visual arts, and film, but beyond this are a unique art form possessing qualities these other mediums do not

Drawing from a range of current comics scholarship demonstrating this point

this book explores the unique intelligence/s of comics and how they expand the ways readers engage with the world in ways different than prose, or film, or other visual arts

Written by teachers and scholars of comics for instructors

this book bridges research and pedagogy, providing instructors with models of critical readings around a variety of comics