[Comicsstudiessociety] The Comics World by Woo and Stoll, available for IJOCA review, US only

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The Comics World Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics
Edited by Benjamin Woo
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*Hardcover :* 9781496834645, 286 pages, 23 b&w illustrations; 9 tables,
July 2021
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July 2021
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A thoroughly researched collection designed to engage with the social
sciences in order to expand comics studies as a field
Media

   - THE COMICS WORLD in Top 24 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: July 2021
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Description

Contributions by Bart Beaty, T. Keith Edmunds, Eike Exner, Christopher J.
Galdieri, Ivan Lima Gomes, Charles Hatfield, Franny Howes, John A. Lent,
Amy Louise Maynard, Shari Sabeti, Rob Salkowitz, Kalervo A. Sinervo, Jeremy
Stoll, Valerie Wieskamp, Adriana Estrada Wilson, and Benjamin Woo

*The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics *is the
first collection to explicitly examine the production, circulation, and
reception of comics from a social-scientific point of view. Designed to
promote interdisciplinary dialogue about theory and methods in comics
studies, this volume draws on approaches from fields as diverse as
sociology, political science, history, folklore, communication studies, and
business, among others, to study the social life of comics and graphic
novels.

Taking the concept of a “comics world”—that is, the collection of people,
roles, and institutions that “produce” comics as they are—as its organizing
principle, the book asks readers to attend to the contexts that shape how
comics move through societies and cultures. Each chapter explores a
specific comics world or particular site where comics meet one of their
publics, such as artists and creators; adaptors; critics and journalists;
convention-goers; scanners; fans; and comics scholars themselves. Through
their research, contributors demonstrate some of the ways that people
participate in comics worlds and how the relationships created in these
spaces can provide different perspectives on comics and comics studies.

Moving beyond the page, *The Comics World* explores the complexity of the
lived reality of the comics world: how comics and graphic novels matter to
different people at different times, within a social space shared with
others.
Reviews

"In *The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics*,
Benjamin Woo and Jeremy Stoll have brought together a number of interesting
perspectives to make an important contribution to comics studies. "
- Liam Burke, author of The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern
Hollywood’s Leading Genre
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