TY - BOOK AU - Duncan,Randy AU - Smith,Matthew J. TI - The power of comics: history, form and culture SN - 9780826429353 (alk. paper) AV - PN6710 .D86 2009 U1 - 741.5/9 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Graphic novels N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-336); Defining comic books as a medium -- History of comic books, part 1: developing a medium -- History of comic books, part 2: the maturation of the medium -- The comic book industry -- The comic book creators -- Creating the story -- Experiencing the story -- The comic book readers -- Comic book genres: classifying comics -- Comic book genres: the superhero genre -- Comic books and ideology -- Researching comic books -- Comics culture around the world ER -