[Comicsstudiessociety] IJOCA book for review in USA - Webcomics

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Webcomics *By: Sean Kleefeld
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/sean-kleefeld> * [image: Media of
Webcomics]
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Published: 06-25-2020
Format: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Extent: 272
ISBN: 9781350028173
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Series: Bloomsbury Comics Studies
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Illustrations: 10 bw illus
Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
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About Webcomics

The first critical guide to cover the history, form and key critical issues
of the medium, *Webcomics *helps readers explore the diverse and
increasingly popular worlds of online comics.

In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics
as:

·The history of webcomics and how developments in technology from the 1980s
onwards presented new opportunities for comics creators and audiences
·Cultural contexts – from the new financial and business models allowed by
digital media to social justice causes in contemporary webcomics
·Key texts – from early examples of the form such as *Girl Genius* and *Penny
Arcade *to popular current titles such as *Questionable Content *and *Dumbing
of Age*
·Important theoretical and critical approaches to studying webcomics

* Webcomics *includes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated
guides to further reading, and online resources and discussion questions to
help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and
pursue independent study.
Table of contents

*Introduction*
*Historical Overview*
*Social and Cultural Impact*
Ubiquity
Technology
Conflicts with Newspaper Strips
Audience Participation
Education/Social Causes
Formats
Financing
*Key Texts*
*Girl Genius* by Phil and Kaja Foglio
*Penny Arcade* by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
*Questionable Content *by Jeph Jacques
*Stand Still. Stay Silent. *by Minna Sundberg
*The Adventures of Gyno-Star *by Rebecca Cohen
*Dumbing of Age* by David M. Willis
*Empathize This *by Tak Shiota et al.
*Critical Uses *
Discussing Webcomics
Webcomics as a Genre?
Genres in Webcomics
Defining Success
Success: Easier or More Difficult?
The Negative Side of Creator Access
Permanence vs. Etherialness
Paratexts
*Appendix*
Solution Squad Lesson Plan
*Glossary*
*Resources*
Reviews

“I've always been a great fan of Sean Kleefeld's writing: its clarity, its
circumspection, and the measured quality of his tone. Kleefeld is an ideal
writer to chronicle the rise of modern webcomics. He patiently explores not
just the nascent realities of an industry in flux but all of the roads not
taken, all of the false starts and dead ends, with the perspicacity an
unformed future demands. In Kleefeld's hands, defining what comics looks
like today is less a sorting out process for the ages than a mad crash down
a steep hill hoping to scoop up some village's bouncing wheel of cheese set
loose on the valley below. By the time you're through, you'll know just
what set of circumstances won the day, and what set didn't and what might
be yet to come. The longer you take to find and read your own copy is the
amount of time I get to be smarter than you.” –  Tom Spurgeon, Publisher
and Managing Editor, The Comics Reporter
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