Children's and Young Adult Comics

A complete critical guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Children's and Young Adult Comics helps readers explore how comics have engaged with one of their most crucial audiences.

In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:

- The history of comics for children and young adults, from early cartoon strips to the rise of comics as mainstream children's literature
- Cultural contexts - from the Comics Code Authority to graphic novel adaptations of popular children's texts such as Neil Gaiman's Coraline
- Key texts - from familiar favourites like Peanuts and Archie Comics to YA graphic novels such as Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese and hybrid works including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
- Important theoretical and critical approaches to studying children's and young adult comics

Children's and Young Adult Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical terms and a lengthy resources section to help students and readers develop their understanding of these genres and pursue independent study.

Un ghid critic complet pentru istoria, forma si contextele genului, benzi desenate pentru copii si tineri pentru adulti ii ajuta pe cititori sa exploreze modul in care benzile desenate s-au angajat cu unul dintre publicurile lor cele mai importante. Intr-un format accesibil si usor de navigat, cartea acopera astfel subiecte precum: - Istoria benzilor desenate pentru copii si adulti tineri, de la benzi desenate timpurii pana la aparitia benzilor desenate ca literatura generala pentru copii - Contextele culturale - de la Autoritatea Codului Benzi desenate la adaptari grafice romane ale textelor populare pentru copii, cum ar fi Coraline de Neil Gaiman - Textele cheie - de la favorite cunoscute, cum ar fi Peanuts si Archie Comics, pana la romane grafice YA, cum ar fi Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese si lucrari hibride, inclusiv seria Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Benzi desenate pentru adulti include un glosar de termeni critici cruciale si o sectiune lunga de resurse pentru a ajuta elevii si cititorii sa isi dezvolte uniunea intelegerea acestor genuri si urmarirea unui studiu independent.