{"product_id":"art-of-comics-paperback","title":"Art of Comics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Meskin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWarren Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ART OF COMICS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Comics: A Philosophical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical questions raised by the art of comics. The volume, which includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren Ellis, contains ten cutting-edge essays on a range of philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. These include the definition of comics, the nature of comics genres, the relationship between comics and other arts such as film and literature, the way words and pictures combine in comics, comics authorship, the \"language\" of comics, and the metaphysics of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also contains an in-depth introduction by the co-editors which provides an overview of both the book and its subject, as well as a brief history of comics and an overview of extant work on the philosophy of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an area of growing philosophical interest, this volume constitutes a great leap forward in the development of this fast expanding field, and makes a major contribution to the philosophy of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach \u003c\/i\u003eis the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical questions raised by the art of comics. The volume, which includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren Ellis, contains ten cutting-edge essays on a range of philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. These include the definition of comics, the nature of comics genres, the relationship between comics and other arts such as film and literature, the way words and pictures combine in comics, comics authorship, the language of comics, and the metaphysics of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also contains an in-depth introduction by the co-editors which provides an overview of both the book and its subject, as well as a brief history of comics and an overview of extant work on the philosophy of comics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an area of growing philosophical interest, this volume constitutes a great leap forward in the development of this fast expanding field, and makes a major contribution to the philosophy of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Comics: A Philosophical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical questions raised by the art of comics. The volume, which includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren Ellis, contains ten cutting-edge essays on a range of philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. These include the definition of comics, the nature of comics genres, the relationship between comics and other arts such as film and literature, the way words and pictures combine in comics, comics authorship, the \"language\" of comics, and the metaphysics of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book also contains an in-depth introduction by the co-editors which provides an overview of both the book and its subject, as well as a brief history of comics and an overview of extant work on the philosophy of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an area of growing philosophical interest, this volume constitutes a great leap forward in the development of this fast expanding field, and makes a major contribution to the philosophy of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Editors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Meskin\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on aesthetics and other philosophical subjects. His work on comics has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the first aesthetics editor for the online journal \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Compass\u003c\/i\u003e, and he co-edited \u003ci\u003eAesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). He is a former Trustee of the American Society for Aesthetics and is Treasurer of the British Society of Aesthetics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, a Resident Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and an Associate Fellow of the Northern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on philosophical logic, mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and more recently on the aesthetics of comics. He previously edited \u003ci\u003eThe Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Philosophical Logic\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52488710750515,"sku":"9781118799468","price":51.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R0hjNmdGVi9IZHJCZzF6TzBHVnFpUT09.webp?v=1759884958","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/art-of-comics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}