Isabelle Licari-Guillaume

Vertigo Comics

British Creators, US Editors, and the Making of a Transformational Imprint

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the so-called "British Invasion" of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which played an important role in redefining the mainstream comics industry in the US during the early 1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780367672782
• ISBN-10: 0367672782
• Artikelnr.: 71578813

Autorenporträt

Isabelle Licari-Guillaume is Lecturer in Anglophone Studies at Université Côte d'Azur, France. She specialises in the study of popular culture and graphic narratives.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: British Writers and the Vertigo Imprint
2. DC, the British Invasion, and the Pre-Vertigo years (1976-1993)
3. The Birth and Growth of Vertigo (1993-2019)
4. Building the Imprint's Identity
5. Imagining Nations
6. Masks, Monsters, and Magic Words
7. Conclusion: Beyond Vertigo