Drawing from the Archives

Comics Memory in the Contemporary Graphic Novel

Benoît Crucifix (KU Leuven & Royal Library of Belgium)

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English

Cambridge University Press
20 July 2023

Series: Cambridge Studies in Graphic Narratives

Following Art Spiegelman's declaration that 'the future of comics is in the past,' this book considers comics memory in the contemporary North American graphic novel. Cartoonists such as Chris Ware, Seth, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, and others have not only produced some of the most important graphic novels, they have also turned to the history of comics as a common visual heritage to pass on to new readers. This book is a full-length study of contemporary cartoonists when they are at work as historians: it offers a detailed description of how they draw from the archives of comics history, examining the different gestures of collecting, curating, reprinting, forging, swiping, and undrawing that give shape to their engagement with the past. In recognizing these different acts of transmission, this book argues for a material and vernacular history of how comics are remembered, shared, and recirculated over time.

By: Benoît Crucifix (KU Leuven & Royal Library of Belgium)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781009250931
ISBN 10: 1009250930
Series: Cambridge Studies in Graphic Narratives
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 20 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Collecting; 2. Curating; 3. Reprinting; 4. Forging; 5. Swiping; 6. Undrawing; Conclusion.

Benoît Crucifix is Assistant Professor Cultural Studies at KU Leuven and researcher at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), working on the FED-tWIN 'Pop Heritage' project. He coedited Comics Memory: Archives and Styles (2018) and Abstraction and Comics (2019). He is a member of ACME and a coeditor for the journal Comicalités.