Visions of the Future in Comics
International Perspectives
Published on 18. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4766-6801-7 (ISBN)
Description
Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presaging narratives can be read as reflections of their authors' (and readers') hopes, fears and beliefs about the present. This collection of new essays explores the creative processes in comics production that bring plausible futures to the page. The contributors investigate portrayals in different stylistic traditions-manga, bande desinees-from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The disparate yet coherent picture that emerges documents the elaborate storylines and complex universes comics creators have been crafting for decades.
Reviews / Votes
"A person who would appreciate insightful essays into both the nature of comics today and the nature of time itself will welcome this volume." - Magonia Review of Books, March 2017More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Illustrations
35 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6801-7 (9781476668017)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Francesco-Alessio Ursini is a linguist working on universals semantic typology and a comics scholar working on cross-cultural aspects of narratives in comics. He lives in Sweden.
Adnan Mahmutovic is a Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Stockholm University.
Frank Bramlett is a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research focuses predominantly on the linguistic nature of comics and he serves on the editorial board of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.
Adnan Mahmutovic is a Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Stockholm University.
Frank Bramlett is a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research focuses predominantly on the linguistic nature of comics and he serves on the editorial board of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Francesco-Alessio Ursini, Adnan Mahmutovi¿ and Frank Bramlett
Part 1: Future-Formal
Narrative, Time Travel and Richard McGuire's "Here" (Roy T Cook)
One Soul, From Hell and Here: The Graphic Novel Page
as Time Machine (Alex Fitch)
English Apocalypses and Robot Skateboards: Warren Ellis'
Futures (Keith Scott)
Where Is the Future? An Analysis of Places and Location
Processes in Comics (Francesco-Alessio Ursini)
Hallucinations of Present Future: Futuristic Patterns Through
Images in Japanimation Works (Maxime Boyer-Degoul)
Part 2: Future-Past and Future-Present
The Future Is (Ancient) History: Judge Dredd and the Futuristic Legacy of the Classical World (Isak Hammar)
The Haunted Futures of Gothic Comics (Fred Francis)
Dystopian Chaos, Dystopian Order: Differing Ideological
Reinterpretations of the Masked Vigilante in Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Moore and Lloyd's V for Vendetta (Joakim Jahlmar)
Tragicomic Books: Reading Watchmen and Kingdom Come
as Pop Apocalyptic (Aaron Gaius Ricker )152
Maxime Miranda in Minimis: The Anthropocene in Nausicaä
of the Valley of the Wind (Adnan Mahmutovi¿ and Denise Ask Nunes)
Part 3: Future-Culture
The End Is Ahora: Images of the Future in the Mexican Comics
La blanda patria and 1874 (Gabriela Mercado Narváez)
The Future in Swedish Avant-Garde Comics, 2006-2014 (Margareta Wallin Wictorin and Anna Nordenstam)
Where Comics and Movies Converge: Days of Future Present (Ana Cabral Martins)
About the Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Francesco-Alessio Ursini, Adnan Mahmutovi¿ and Frank Bramlett
Part 1: Future-Formal
Narrative, Time Travel and Richard McGuire's "Here" (Roy T Cook)
One Soul, From Hell and Here: The Graphic Novel Page
as Time Machine (Alex Fitch)
English Apocalypses and Robot Skateboards: Warren Ellis'
Futures (Keith Scott)
Where Is the Future? An Analysis of Places and Location
Processes in Comics (Francesco-Alessio Ursini)
Hallucinations of Present Future: Futuristic Patterns Through
Images in Japanimation Works (Maxime Boyer-Degoul)
Part 2: Future-Past and Future-Present
The Future Is (Ancient) History: Judge Dredd and the Futuristic Legacy of the Classical World (Isak Hammar)
The Haunted Futures of Gothic Comics (Fred Francis)
Dystopian Chaos, Dystopian Order: Differing Ideological
Reinterpretations of the Masked Vigilante in Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Moore and Lloyd's V for Vendetta (Joakim Jahlmar)
Tragicomic Books: Reading Watchmen and Kingdom Come
as Pop Apocalyptic (Aaron Gaius Ricker )152
Maxime Miranda in Minimis: The Anthropocene in Nausicaä
of the Valley of the Wind (Adnan Mahmutovi¿ and Denise Ask Nunes)
Part 3: Future-Culture
The End Is Ahora: Images of the Future in the Mexican Comics
La blanda patria and 1874 (Gabriela Mercado Narváez)
The Future in Swedish Avant-Garde Comics, 2006-2014 (Margareta Wallin Wictorin and Anna Nordenstam)
Where Comics and Movies Converge: Days of Future Present (Ana Cabral Martins)
About the Contributors
Index