Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2010)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
David Huxley & Joan Ormrod
Pages: 91-92
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Articles

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Seeing double: the transforming personalities of Alan Moore's Promethea and the Ulster Cycle's Cuchulain
Hannah Means-Shannon
Pages: 93-104
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Producing comics culture: a sociological approach to the study of comics
Casey Brienza
Pages: 105-119
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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What Bunty did next: exploring some of the ways in which the British girls' comic protagonists were revisited and revised in late twentieth-century comics and graphic novels
Mel Gibson
Pages: 121-135
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Man, myth and sacrifice: graphic biographies of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
James Scorer
Pages: 137-150
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Reconstructing Alice Cooper: ‘From the Inside’ to The Last Temptation
Julia Round
Pages: 151-169
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Comicology: comic books as culture in India
Ritu G. Khanduri
Pages: 171-191
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Inside the story: a conversation with Joe Sacco
Øyvind Vågnes
Pages: 193-216
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives. Essays on readers, research, history and cataloging, edited by Robert G. Weiner
Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland and Company, 2010, 276 pp., US$45.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-7864-4302-4.
Mel Gibson
Pages: 217-218
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Che: a graphic biography, edited by Spain Rodriquez and edited by Paul Buhle
New York, Verso, 2008, 106 pp., US$16.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-844671-6-87
John T. ‘Jack’ Becker
Pages: 219-220
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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¡Viva la historieta! Mexican comics, NAFTA, and the politics of globalization, by Bruce Campbell
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, vii + 234 pp., US$55.00 (hardback), US$25.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-604731-2-55
Rachael Collins
Pages: 220-222
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Life on the press: the popular art and illustration of George Benjamin Luks, by Robert L. Gambone
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, 240 pp, US$50.00, ISBN 9781604732221
Paul Gravett
Pages: 222-223
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Book Review
Teaching graphic novels: practical strategies for the secondary ELA classroom, by Kate Monnin
Gainesville, FL, Maupin House Publishing, Inc., 2010, xx + 236 pp., US $24.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-934338-4-07
Patrick R. Grzanka
Pages: 223-225
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Book Review
The reader's advisory guide to graphic novels, by Francisca Goldsmith
Chicago, American Library Association, 2010, x + 124 pp., US$45 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-838910-08-5
Carrye Syma
Pages: 225-227
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Book Review
Graphic novels and multimodal literacy: a reader response study, by Heidi Hammond
Köln, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009, ix + 143 pp., US$87.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-838315-02-7
Carrye Syma
Pages: 227-228
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Book Review
The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches, edited by Samantha Baskind and Ranen Omer-Sherman
New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2010, xxvii + 292 pp., US$28.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8135-4775-6
Robert G. Weiner
Pages: 229-231
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Conference Review

The Manchester Conference on Graphic Novels and Comics
Manchester Metropolitan University, 12–14 April 2010
Martin Barker
Pages: 233-234
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Call for Papers for 'Audiences and Readership' Special Issue

Call for Papers for 'Audiences and Readership' Special Issue
Page: 235
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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