Drawing from Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art SC (2015 UPoM) comic books
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Published Feb 2015 by University Press of Mississippi.$14.00
1st printing. Drawing from Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art is a collection of essays about autobiography, semi-autobiography, fictionalized autobiography, memory, and self-narration in sequential art, or comics. Contributors come from a range of academic backgrounds including English, American studies, comparative literature, gender studies, art history, and cultural studies. The book engages with such well-known figures as Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, and Alison Bechdel; with such cult-status as Martin Vaughn James; and with lesser-known works by such artists as Frédéric Boilet. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 324 pages, B&W. NOTE: Indicia says 2013, but this softcover was released 02/2015. Cover price $30.00.