{"product_id":"comics-of-the-anthropocene-graphic-narrative-at-the-end-of-nature-paperback","title":"Comics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature - 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\u003eJosé Alaniz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the first Earth Day in 1970, how have US comics artists depicted the human-caused destruction of the natural world? How do these representations manifest in different genres of comics like superheroes, biography, underground comix, and journalism? What resources unique to the comics medium do they bring to their tasks? How do these works resonate with the ethical and environmental issues raised by global conversations about the anthropogenic sixth mass extinction and climate change? How have comics mourned the loss of nature over the last five decades? Are comics \"ecological objects,\" in philosopher Timothy Morton's parlance? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together insights from comics studies, environmental humanities, critical animal studies, and affect studies to answer these questions, \u003ci\u003eComics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the representation of animals, pollution, mass extinctions, and climate change in the Anthropocene Era, our current geological age of human-induced environmental transformation around the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Artists and works examined in \u003ci\u003eComics of the Anthropocene \u003c\/i\u003einclude R. Crumb, McGregor et al.'s \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e, Jack Kirby's \u003ci\u003eKamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, \u003c\/i\u003ethe comics of the Pacific Northwest and Murphy\/Zulli's landmark alternative series \u003ci\u003eThe Puma Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. This book breaks new ground in confronting our most daunting modern crisis through a discussion of how graphic narrative has uniquely addressed the ecology issue.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé Alaniz\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of Slavic Languages \u0026amp; Literatures and the Department of Cinema \u0026amp; Media Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle. He is author of \u003ci\u003eResurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeath, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKomiks: Comic Art in Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43340891062361,"sku":"9781496857736","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/LqobkOTFsS9781496857736.webp?v=1779448201","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/comics-of-the-anthropocene-graphic-narrative-at-the-end-of-nature-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}