{"product_id":"9781349716968","title":"Cultures of Comics Work","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCultures of Comics Work\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCasey Brienza | Paddy Johnston\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Regional Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology explores tensions between the individualistic artistic ideals and the collective industrial realities of contemporary cultural production with eighteen all-new chapters presenting pioneering empirical research on the complexities and controversies of comics work.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eArt Spiegelman. Alan Moore. Osamu Tezuka. Neil Gaiman. Names such as these have become synonymous with the medium of comics. Meanwhile, the large numbers of people without whose collective action no comic book would ever exist in the first place are routinely overlooked. \u003ci\u003eCultures of Comics Work\u003c\/i\u003e unveils this hidden, global industrial labor of writers, illustrators, graphic designers, letterers, editors, printers, typesetters, publicists, publishers, distributors, translators, retailers, and countless others both directly and indirectly involved in the creative production of what is commonly thought of as the comic book. Drawing upon diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, an international and interdisciplinary cohort of cutting-edge researchers and practitioners intervenes in debates about cultural work and paves innovative directions for comics scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasey Brienza\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Culture and the Creative Industries at City University London, UK. She is author of \u003ci\u003eManga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Manga: “Japanese” Comics without Japan?\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaddy Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e is a comics scholar, cartoonist, and writer, currently working as a Doctoral Researcher in the English department at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published articles on comics in T\u003ci\u003ehe Comics Grid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComics Forum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNetworking Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 May 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781349716968\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e308\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51561578528908,"sku":"9781349716968","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349716968.jpg?v=1784809633","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781349716968","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}