{"product_id":"canadian-alternative-cartoonists-comics-and-graphic-novels-paperback","title":"Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels - 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\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Jordan Bolay, Ian Brodie, Jocelyn Sakal Froese, Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman, Paddy Johnston, Ivan Kocmarek, Jessica Langston, Judith Leggatt, Daniel Marrone, Mark J. McLaughlin, Joan Ormrod, Laura A. Pearson, Annick Pellegrin, Mihaela Precup, Jason Sacks, and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis overview of the history of Canadian comics explores acclaimed as well as unfamiliar artists. Contributors look at the myriad ways that English-language, Francophone, Indigenous, and queer Canadian comics and cartoonists pose alternatives to American comics, to dominant perceptions, even to gender and racial categories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the United States' melting pot, Canada has been understood to comprise a social, cultural, and ethnic mosaic, with distinct cultural variation as part of its identity. This volume reveals differences that often reflect in highly regional and localized comics such as Paul MacKinnon's Cape Breton-specific Old Trout Funnies, Michel Rabagliati's Montreal-based Paul comics, and Kurt Martell and Christopher Merkley's Thunder Bay-specific zombie apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also considers some of the conventionally \"alternative\" cartoonists, namely Seth, Dave Sim, and Chester Brown. It offers alternate views of the diverse and engaging work of two very different Canadian cartoonists who bring their own alternatives into play: Jeff Lemire in his bridging of Canadian\/US and mainstream\/alternative sensibilities and Nina Bunjevac in her own blending of realism and fantasy as well as of insider\/outsider status. Despite an upsurge in research on Canadian comics, there is still remarkably little written about most major and all minor Canadian cartoonists. This volume provides insight into some of the lesser-known Canadian alternatives still awaiting full exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominick Grace\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Science Fiction of Phyllis Gotlieb: A Critical Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. He coedited (with Jason Sacks and Eric Hoffman) \u003ci\u003eSteve Gerber: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJim Shooter: Conversations \u003c\/i\u003eand (with Eric Hoffman) \u003ci\u003eDave Sim: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChester Brown: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSeth: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eOppen: A Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. He coedited (with Jason Sacks and Dominick Grace) \u003ci\u003eSteve Gerber: Conversations \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJim Shooter: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; (with Dominick Grace) \u003ci\u003eDave Sim: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChester Brown: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSeth: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Nina Goss)\u003ci\u003e Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the Twenty-First Century, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also author of several books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThis Thin Mean: New Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePresence of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLosses of Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837854638277,"sku":"9781496823366","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Ze7ditwoK9781496823366.webp?v=1771289146","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/canadian-alternative-cartoonists-comics-and-graphic-novels-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}