Author:
Round, Julia, author.
ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Descriptionviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note:Foreword / by David Punter -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one. History -- A Brief History of Gothic -- A Brief History of British and American Comics and Criticism -- Retrospective: Critical Models of Gothic and Comics -- Part Two. Medium -- Introduction: A Gothic Critical Model of Comics -- Haunted Places -- Excess, Embodiment and Artifice -- Revenant Readers, the Crypt and the Archive; Retrospective: Putting the Monster Together -- Case Study I: "The Game," House of Mystery #178 -- Case Study II: "House of Secrets Promo," House of Mystery #182 -- Case Study III: Prequel to iZombie #1 -- Case Study IV: "Sleep of the Just," Sandman #1 -- Case Study V: The New Deadwardians, #1-8 -- Part Three. Culture and Content -- Introduction -- A Comparative Study of Goth and Comics Cultures -- Gothic Content: Absorption and Atemporality -- Vampires and the Penetrative Bite and Gaze -- Zombies, Technology and Medical Magic -- Reflections.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
Note:"This book explores the connections between comics and the Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary Gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint"-- Provided by publisher.
