TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beaty,Bart
TI  - Comics versus art
SN  - 9781442643512
AV  - PN6710 .B43 2012
U1  - 741.5 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Toronto, Buffalo
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc., in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index; Introduction: Out of the historical dustbin : comics and the hierarchy of genres -- What if comics were art? Defining a comics art world -- Roy Lichtenstein's tears : Ressentiment and exclusion in the world of pop art -- Searching for artists in the entertainment empire -- Cartoons as masterpieces: an essay on illustrated classics -- Highbrow comics and lowbrow art? The shifting contexts of the comics art object -- On junk, investments, and junk investments: the evolution of comic book collectables -- Crumbs from the table: the place of comics in art museums -- By way of conclusion : Chris Ware's Comics about art
ER  -