{"product_id":"super-bodies-comic-book-illustration-artistic-styles-and-narrative-impact-hardcover","title":"Super Bodies: Comic Book Illustration, Artistic Styles, and Narrative Impact - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey A. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the art in superhero comics and how style influences comic narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For many, the idea of comic book art implies simplistic four-color renderings of stiff characters slugging it out. In fact, modern superhero comic books showcase a range of complex artistic styles, with diverse connotations. Leading comics scholar Jeffrey A. Brown assesses six distinct approaches to superhero illustration--idealism, realism, cute, retro, grotesque, and noir--examining how each visually represents the superhero as a symbolic construct freighted with meaning. \u003cp\u003e Whereas comic book studies tend to focus on text and narrative, \u003ci\u003eSuper Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e gives overdue credit to the artwork, which is not only a principal source of the appeal of comic books but also central to the values these works embody. Brown argues that superheroes are to be taken not as representations of people but as iconic types, and the art conveys this. Even the most realistic comic illustrations are designed to suggest not persons but ideas--ideas about bodies and societies. Thus the appearance of superheroes both directly and indirectly influences the story being told as well as the opinions readers form concerning justice, authority, gender, puberty, sexuality, ethnicity, violence, and other concepts central to political and cultural life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jeffrey A. Brown is a professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBatman and the Multiplicity of Identity: The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero as Cultural Nexus; Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e; and other books on comic books and superheroes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47473107730610,"sku":"9781477327364","price":94.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c6fa723f2d25d1ca4b62029ffae038c6.webp?v=1779122223","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/super-bodies-comic-book-illustration-artistic-styles-and-narrative-impact-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}