The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay

by Nick Nguyen, Thierry Smolderen, Bart Beaty

In The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted "sequential art" definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead wishes to engage with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. His goal is to understand the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617031496
• ISBN13: 9781617031496
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 12.2"