The Routledge companion to comics

Introduction / Aaron Meskin, Roy T. Cook, and Frank Bramlett Part I. History and Traditions 1. Origins of Early Comics and Proto-Comics / M. Thomas Inge 2. Newspaper Strips / Pascal Lefevre 3. The Comics Code / Amy Kiste Nyberg 4. Underground and Alternative Comics / Roy T. Cook 5. British Comics / Chris Murray 6. French and Belgian Comics / Mark McKinney 7. Canadian Comics: A Brief History / Brenna Clarke Gray 8. Comics in Latin America / Ana Merino 9. A Brief History of Comics in Italy and Spain / Simone Castaldi 10. Comics in India / Jeremy Stoll 11. Eastern/Central European Comics / Jose Alaniz 12. East Asian Comix: Intermingling Japanese Manga and Euro-American Comics /Adam L. Kern Part II. Comics Genres 13. Art Comics / Andrei Molotiu 14. Superhero Comics / Matthew J. Smith 15. Journalistic Comics / Kent Worcester 16. Funny Animals / Brian Cremins 17. Erotic Comics / Justin Hall 18. Western Comics / William Grady 19. Horror Comics / David Annwn Jones 20. War Comics / Leonard Rifas 21. Autobiographical Comics / Michael A. Johnson 22. Silent Comics / Barbara Postema 23. Editorial Comics: From "Boss" Tweed to "Dubya" Bush / Mark Long and Chris Lamb

Part III. Issues and Concepts

24. Defining Comics / Aaron Meskin

25. Comics and Adaptation / Henry John Pratt

26. Comics and Authorship / Adrielle Mitchell

27. Comics and Seriality / Christy Mag Uidhir

28. Metacomics / Roy T. Cook

29. Comics and Fandom / Matthew Pustz

30. Comics, Race, and Ethnicity / Andrew J. Kunka

31. Comics and Gender / Mel Gibson

32. LGBTQ Representation in Comics / Ajuan Mance

33. Comics and Time / Jan Baetens and Charlotte Pylyser

34. Comics and Ethics / Jon Robson

35. Comics and Translation / Jonathan Evans

36. Comics and Criticism / Darren Hudson Hick

Part IV. Other Media and Other Disciplines

37. Comics and Film / Craig Fischer

38. Comics and Art / Anastasia Salter

39. Teaching and Learning with Comics / Carole L. Tilley and Robert G. Weiner

40. Caricature and Comics / John Holbo

41. Comics and Linguistics / Frank Bramlett

42. Comics and Literature / Hannah Miodrag

43. Comics in Libraries / Richard Graham

44. Comics and Rhetoric / Randy Duncan

45. Comics and Politics / Michael Goodrum

46. Comics and Cultural Studies - Ian Hague

47. Comics, Children's Literature, and Childhood Studies / Lara Saguisag