Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics (Comics

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Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics (Comics Culture)

Â Alan Moore and Dave Gibbonsâ€™s Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. It was not only aesthetically groundbreaking but also anticipated future developments in politics, literature, and intellectual property.Â

Demonstrating a keen eye for historical detail, Considering Watchmen gives readers a new appreciation of just how radical Moore and Gibbonsâ€™s blend of gritty realism and formal experimentation was back in 1986. The book also considers Watchmenâ€™s place in the history of the comics industry, reading the graphic novelâ€™s playful critique of superhero marketing alongside Alan Mooreâ€™s public statements about the rights to the franchise. Andrew Hoberek examines how Moore and Gibbons engaged with the emerging discourses of neoconservatism and neoliberal capitalism, ideologies that have only become more prominent in subsequent years.Â

Watchmenâ€™s influences on the superhero comic and graphic novel are undeniable, but Hoberek reveals how it has also had profound effects on literature as a whole. He suggests that Watchmen not only proved that superhero comics could rise to the status of literatureâ€”it also helped to inspire a generation of writers who are redefining the boundaries of the literary, from Jonathan Lethem to Junot DÃaz. Hoberek delivers insight and analysis worthy of satisfying serious readers of the genre while shedding new light on Watchmen as both an artistic accomplishment and a book of ideas.Â

Country	USA
Author	Andrew Hoberek
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780813563312
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	0813563313
Label	Rutgers University Press
Manufacturer	Rutgers University Press
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	224
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2014-10-23
Publisher	Rutgers University Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-23
Studio	Rutgers University Press

Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics (Comics Culture)

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