| The Artistry of Neil Gaiman: Finding Light in the Shadows Paper Edition Contributor(s): Sommers, Joseph Michael (Editor), Eveleth, Kyle (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496821653 ISBN-13: 9781496821652 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature |
| Dewey: 741.594 |
| Series: Critical Approaches to Comics Artists |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contributions by Lanette Cadle, Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem, Renata Lucena Dalmaso, Andrew Eichel, Kyle Eveleth, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Darren Harris-Fain, Krystal Howard, Christopher D. Kilgore, Kristine Larsen, Thayse Madella, Erica McCrystal, Tara Prescott-Johnson, Danielle Russell, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Joseph Michael Sommers, and Justin Wigard Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) reigns as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey, Eisner, and World Fantasy Award-winning series The Sandman, Gaiman quickly became equally renowned in literary circles for Neverwhere, Coraline, and the award-winning American Gods, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. For adults, children, comics readers, and viewers of the BBC's Doctor Who, Gaiman's writing has crossed the borders of virtually all media, making him a celebrity around the world. Despite Gaiman's incredible contributions to comics, his work remains underrepresented in sustained fashion in comics studies. In this book, the thirteen essays and two interviews with Gaiman and his frequent collaborator, artist P. Craig Russell, examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators. The essays discuss Gaiman's oeuvre regarding the qualities that make his work unique in his eschewing of typical categories, his proclamations to "make good art," and his own constant efforts to do so however the genres and audiences may slip into one another. The Artistry of Neil Gaiman forms a complicated picture of a man who has always seemed fully assembled virtually from the start of his career, but only came to feel comfortable in his own voice far later in life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sommers, Joseph Michael: - Joseph Michael Sommers, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, is professor of English at Central Michigan University where he regularly teaches coursework in Comics, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture. His work has been published in academic journals, anthologies, and encyclopedias alike. He has written and edited (and coedited) books such as Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan Moore, Game on, Hollywood!, The American Comic Book, and Critical Insights on Neil Gaiman. |