{"product_id":"visible-cities-global-comics-benjamin-fraser-9781496825032","title":"Visible Cities, Global Comics: Urban Images and Spatial Form","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE \u003c\/i\u003eOutstanding Academic Title for 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore and more people are noticing links between urban geography and the spaces within the layout of panels on the comics page. Benjamin Fraser explores the representation of the city in a range of comics from across the globe. Comics address the city as an idea, a historical fact, a social construction, a material-built environment, a shared space forged from the collective imagination, or as a social arena navigated according to personal desire. Accordingly, Fraser brings insights from urban theory to bear on specific comics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The works selected comprise a variety of international, alternative, and independent small-press comics artists, from engravings and early comics to single-panel work, graphic novels, manga, and trading cards, by artists such as Will Eisner, Tsutomu Nihei, Hariton Pushwagner, Julie Doucet, Frans Masereel, and Chris Ware. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the first monograph on this subject, Fraser touches on many themes of modern urban life: activism, alienation, consumerism, \u003ci\u003efl穗erie\u003c\/i\u003e, gentrification, the mystery story, science fiction, sexual orientation, and working-class labor. He leads readers to images of such cities as Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Lyon, Madrid, Montevideo, Montreal, New York, Oslo, Paris, S縊 Paolo, and Tokyo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through close readings, each chapter introduces readers to specific comics artists and works and investigates a range of topics related to the medium's spatial form, stylistic variation, and cultural prominence. Mainly, Fraser mixes interest in urbanism and architecture with the creative strategies that comics artists employ to bring their urban images to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496825039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496825032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"Benjamin Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985885757695,"sku":"9781496825032","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_048d6fa8-76ad-4fef-be4b-8306af16a28d.jpg?v=1683280118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visible-cities-global-comics-benjamin-fraser-9781496825032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}