Comic Art of Europe: An International, Comprehensive Bibliography

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Encompassing 29 countries of Europe, this detailed bibliography covers the field of comic art. European academicians and journalists began the study of comic art earlier than their counterparts in other areas of the world. This volume reflects those efforts as well as the substantial growth of contemporary writings. David Kunzle introduces the work, acknowledging the importance of Europe's lead in the scholarship of comic art in all its forms. This is one of four planned volumes dealing with various regions of the world in an attempt to present a comprehensive, international study of comic art scholarship. Chapters are country-specific, except for the first, which includes continental, regional and comparative perspectives. A feature of chapter one is its resources component, including an annotated directory of 81 comic art-related periodicals. Because of an unusually large number of sources, the chapters on Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy were expanded and subcategorised beyond historical and contemporary perspectives and specific comic art forms. Thus, many citations appear under categories of children's press, festivals, humour periodicals, anthologies, art and aesthetics, cinema, education and culture, effects debate, genres, industry, language and semiotics, legal aspects, literature, psychology, religion, socio-cultural aspects, and technical aspects. Additionally, more than 250 individual cartoonists aond over 110 characters and titles were given separate categories. A preface outlining the characteristics of the book and complete indices conveniently divided by authors, cartoonists, characters and titles, periodicals and subjects are provided.

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.,."Contain[s] a tremendous amount of information and are of immense value to serious comics scholars....[a] necessary purchase for collections specializing in popular culture, comics, and mass media."-BARBA 95
"Now in this remarkable full bibliography Lent has catalogued for all of us just how widespread [comic art] is....Everybody needs access to this companion."-Journal of American Culture
...Contain[s] a tremendous amount of information and are of immense value to serious comics scholars....[a] necessary purchase for collections specializing in popular culture, comics, and mass media.-BARBA 95
Lent is a prolific writer of books and articles on mass communication and a leading proponent of comic art scholarship. With these three compilations, he offers an enormous contribution to that scholarship. These works reflect long years of independent, painstaking compilation. What Lent has given us, is marvelous, and as comic art continues to be recognized and analyzed by various disciplines, these volumes should prove indispensable. All these titles are highly recommended for all academic collections.-Choice
Now in this remarkable full bibliography Lent has catalogued for all of us just how widespread [comic art] is....Everybody needs access to this companion.-Journal of American Culture
The bibliography of European comic art has taken a great leap forward with this book. This is a big book, probably bigger than any of us expected, and an excellent book recommended to all research libraries and to all scholars of European comic art, graphic art, and popular culture. Speaking as a comics librarian, it is clear to me that this comprehensive bibliography and its companions will have a day-to-day impact.-Inks - Cartoon and Comic Art Studies
..."Contains a tremendous amount of information and are of immense value to serious comics scholars....a necessary purchase for collections specializing in popular culture, comics, and mass media."-BARBA 95
..."Contain[s] a tremendous amount of information and are of immense value to serious comics scholars....[a] necessary purchase for collections specializing in popular culture, comics, and mass media."-BARBA 95
"The bibliography of European comic art has taken a great leap forward with this book. This is a big book, probably bigger than any of us expected, and an excellent book recommended to all research libraries and to all scholars of European comic art, graphic art, and popular culture. Speaking as a comics librarian, it is clear to me that this comprehensive bibliography and its companions will have a day-to-day impact."-Inks - Cartoon and Comic Art Studies
"Lent is a prolific writer of books and articles on mass communication and a leading proponent of comic art scholarship. With these three compilations, he offers an enormous contribution to that scholarship. These works reflect long years of independent, painstaking compilation. What Lent has given us, is marvelous, and as comic art continues to be recognized and analyzed by various disciplines, these volumes should prove indispensable. All these titles are highly recommended for all academic collections."-Choice

Author Bio

JOHN A. LENT has studied comics for 30 years as a part of mass communications./e Besides his professorial duties, he is managing editor of WittyWorld International Cartoon Magazine, has authored or edited 46 books and written hundreds of articles. The three other volumes that comprise this four-volume international study of comic art literature (of which this is one) are Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States and Canada: An International Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994), Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States: An International Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994), and Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America: A Comprehensive, International Bibliography (Greenwood, 1996).