{"product_id":"reading-comics-douglas-wolk-9780306816161","title":"Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean","description":"Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In \u003ci\u003eReading Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim to Chris Ware -- and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art. \u003ci\u003eReading Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible to the hardcore fan and the curious newcomer; it is the first book for people who want to know not just what comics are worth reading, but also the ways to think and talk and argue about them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Wolk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306816164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306816161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 5.79w x 1.15d","brand":"Douglas Wolk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044850790655,"sku":"9780306816161","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1aefa013-18b4-4666-a985-0834b3f12a14.jpg?v=1684975270","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-comics-douglas-wolk-9780306816161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}