I'm Just a Comic Book Boy
Essays on the Intersection of Comics and Punk
Published on 6. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-7864-9641-9 (ISBN)
Description
Comics and the punk movement are powerfully and inextricably linked. Each has a do-it-yourself ethos and a rebellious spirit to defy authority that complements the other. Though this link seems obvious, this collection of insightful and provocative works provides for first time a thorough analysis of the intersections between comics and punk. It also seeks to expand the discussion beyond the standard US and UK punk scenes to include the influence punk has had on comics produced in other countries, such as Spain and Turkey. Exhaustively researched, this collection is an invaluable work for scholars and fans of comics and punk.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Illustrations
Photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9641-9 (9780786496419)
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Persons
Christopher B. Field is an assistant professor in the languages, literature, and philosophy department at Tennessee State University. His research and teaching interests include contemporary American literature, twentieth-century American literature, early American literature, popular culture, and rhetoric and composition.
Keegan Lannon is an adjunct English instructor at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois and North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He has published and presented on comics and narrative theory.
Michael MacBride has taught a variety of English, literature, and humanities courses at universities in and around the Midwest. He lives in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Christopher Douglas is an instructor at the University of Alabama. His scholarly interests include the creation of community in fiction, non-human narration, and the history of the novel.
Keegan Lannon is an adjunct English instructor at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois and North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He has published and presented on comics and narrative theory.
Michael MacBride has taught a variety of English, literature, and humanities courses at universities in and around the Midwest. He lives in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Christopher Douglas is an instructor at the University of Alabama. His scholarly interests include the creation of community in fiction, non-human narration, and the history of the novel.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Punk Superhero Comics
One Man Artistic Corps: Jack Kirby's OMAC
as Punk Precursor
Christopher B. Field
Captain America: All-American Punk
Jill Dahlman
Part II: Vertigo Punk Comics
No Future: John Constantine, Hellblazer and the '70s Punk
Rocker in the 21st Century
Spencer Chalifour
"I Hate It Here": Spider Jerusalem as Punk Anti-Hero
Jodie Childers
24-Hour Murder People: The Punk Iconography
in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles
Keegan Lannon
Anarchy at the Alamo: The Creation of a 21st Century
American Punk-Western in Garth Ennis
and Steve Dillon's Preacher
Russell Weber
Part III: Underground Punk Comics
Aspiring Revolutionaries and "Petty" Conflicts: The Penis
in the Punk Movement and Binky Brown
Michael David MacBride
Reinventing a Carnivalesque Public Sphere: (Re)imagining
and (Re)drawing Madrid in the Long 1970s
Louie Dean Valencia-García
Drawing Istanbul's Asshole: Turkish Punk Comics
Can Yalçinkaya
Part IV: Punk Manga
B¿s¿zoku Motorcycle Gangs, the Bubble Economy
and Psychic Children: Reaffirming Giri Through ¿tomo
Katsuhiro's Akira (1988)
Christopher C. Douglas
Schoolgirls and Sukeban: Representations of Punk Women
in Contemporary Japanese Manga
Alice Vernon
Punk Bodies and the "Do It Yourself" Philosophy
Francesco-Alessio Ursini
About the Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Punk Superhero Comics
One Man Artistic Corps: Jack Kirby's OMAC
as Punk Precursor
Christopher B. Field
Captain America: All-American Punk
Jill Dahlman
Part II: Vertigo Punk Comics
No Future: John Constantine, Hellblazer and the '70s Punk
Rocker in the 21st Century
Spencer Chalifour
"I Hate It Here": Spider Jerusalem as Punk Anti-Hero
Jodie Childers
24-Hour Murder People: The Punk Iconography
in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles
Keegan Lannon
Anarchy at the Alamo: The Creation of a 21st Century
American Punk-Western in Garth Ennis
and Steve Dillon's Preacher
Russell Weber
Part III: Underground Punk Comics
Aspiring Revolutionaries and "Petty" Conflicts: The Penis
in the Punk Movement and Binky Brown
Michael David MacBride
Reinventing a Carnivalesque Public Sphere: (Re)imagining
and (Re)drawing Madrid in the Long 1970s
Louie Dean Valencia-García
Drawing Istanbul's Asshole: Turkish Punk Comics
Can Yalçinkaya
Part IV: Punk Manga
B¿s¿zoku Motorcycle Gangs, the Bubble Economy
and Psychic Children: Reaffirming Giri Through ¿tomo
Katsuhiro's Akira (1988)
Christopher C. Douglas
Schoolgirls and Sukeban: Representations of Punk Women
in Contemporary Japanese Manga
Alice Vernon
Punk Bodies and the "Do It Yourself" Philosophy
Francesco-Alessio Ursini
About the Contributors
Index