{"product_id":"between-pen-and-pixel-aaron-kashtan-9780814254707","title":"Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future","description":"2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominee, Best Academic\/Scholarly Work \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBetween Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron Kashtan argues that paying attention to comics helps us understand the future of the book. Debates over the future of the book tend to focus on text-based literature, particularly fiction. However, because comics make the effects of materiality visible, they offer a clearer demonstration than prose fiction of how the rise of digital reading platforms transforms the reading experience. Comics help us see the effects of alterations in features such as publication design and typography, whereas in print literature, such transformations often go unnoticed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With case studies of the work of Alison Bechdel, Matt Kindt, Lynda Barry, Carla Speed McNeil, Chris Ware, and Randall Munroe, Kashtan examines print comics that critique digital technology, comics that are remediated from print to digital and vice versa, and comics that combine print and digital functionality. Kashtan argues that comics are adapting to the rise of digital reading technologies more effectively than print literature has yet done. Therefore, looking at comics gives us a preview of what the future of the book looks like. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eBetween Pen and Pixel\u003c\/i\u003e argues that as print literature becomes more sensitive to issues of materiality and mediacy, print books will increasingly start to resemble to comic books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Kashtan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814254705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814254707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Aaron Kashtan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926423994623,"sku":"9780814254707","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7ecd20b2-26cf-4bbe-bc6e-573094fb8500.jpg?v=1681083010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-pen-and-pixel-aaron-kashtan-9780814254707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}