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Review: Understanding Comics

by Kim on June 9, 2009 · 13 comments

Title: Understanding Comics
Author: Scott McCloud
Pages: 215 (hardcover)
One Sentence Summary: A non-fiction comic that explores the definitions, history, and vocabulary of comic books.
One Sentence Review: Even though reading a comic on comics was a challenge, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in comics that wants to learn more about the genre.
Grade: 95/100

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My friend Phil pointed out an article in bitch magazine called “Bite Me (or Don’t)” which is a feministy literary criticism of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series.
Do not read the article if you hate spoilers, the article covers events that happened throughout the entire series.  I’m not much worried about spoilers, so I didn’t mind, but [...]

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In the last few days I’ve read a couple of interesting blog posts/articles about the role of literary criticism and reviews in a changing literature market, and am just getting around to posting about them. The first comes from Jacket Copy, the LA Times Book Blog. The post is called “Being a freelance [...]

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