Bibliograph

How to read Nancy, the elements of comics in three easy panels, by Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden

Type

Label

How to read Nancy, the elements of comics in three easy panels, by Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to read Nancy

Responsibility statement

by Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden

Sub title

the elements of comics in three easy panels

Summary

Everything that you need to know about reading, making, and understanding comics can be found in a single Nancy strip by Ernie Bushmiller from August 8, 1959. Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden's groundbreaking work How to Read Nancy ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks of the language of comics through the deconstruction of a single strip. No other book on comics has taken such a simple yet methodical approach to laying bare how the comics medium really works. No other book of any kind has taken a single work by any artist and minutely (and entertainingly) pulled it apart like this. How to Read Nancy is a completely new approach towards deep-reading art. In addition, How to Read Nancy is a thoroughly researched history of how comics are made, from their creation at the drawing board to their ultimate destination at the bookstore. Textbook, art book, monogram, dissection, How to Read Nancy is a game changer in understanding how the simplest drawings grab us and never leave. Perfect for students, academics, scholars, and casual fans. Black-and-white Nancy cartoons throughout

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