A Comics Studies Reader

A single-issue volume from 2008, this University Press of Mississippi release collects scholarly essays analyzing the art, history, and cultural impact of comics. Edited by leading academics in the field—including Jeet Heer, Kent Worcester, and Charles Hatfield—the reader serves as a foundational text for comics studies, offering accessible yet rigorous perspectives on everything from early newspaper strips to alternative and superhero traditions. Its publication marks a key moment in the legitimization of comics as a subject for serious academic inquiry.