{"product_id":"mini-thoughts-on-minicomics-a-photocopying-fantasia-hardcover","title":"Mini-Thoughts on Minicomics: A Photocopying Fantasia - Hardcover","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\u003ePaul Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how hand-constructed minicomics are made, how they circulate and are stored in readers' homes, the affective histories that surround minicomics, and the implications for conceptualizing the subject that writes, draws, photocopies, distributes, reads, and stores minicomics. \u003cem\u003eMini-Thoughts on Minicomics\u003c\/em\u003e contains chapters on stapling and archiving but is primarily concerned with xerography and the social contexts in which comics are made using photocopiers. The focus is on US texts and contexts, though minicomics from Britain and elsewhere in the world are also included. \u003cem\u003eMini-Thoughts on Minicomics\u003c\/em\u003e is informed by comics history, media archaeology, folklore studies, workplace ethnography, ontology of paperwork, and critical theory, and the book analyzes how creators have reflected on the making of minicomics through published interviews and as depicted in minicomics themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Williams is Associate Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at the University of Exeter, UK. In addition to articles on comics published in journals such as \u003cem\u003eAmerican Literary History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStudies in the Novel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, he has written four books: \u003cem\u003eThe US Graphic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Graphic Novel \u003c\/em\u003e(2020), \u003cem\u003e Paul Gilroy \u003c\/em\u003e(2012), and \u003cem\u003eRace, Ethnicity and Nuclear War \u003c\/em\u003e(2011). He co-edited the collection \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of the American Comics Artist\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) with James Lyons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46492995616965,"sku":"9783032168580","price":82.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/5uN3qV9Awl9783032168580.webp?v=1783234128","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/mini-thoughts-on-minicomics-a-photocopying-fantasia-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}