This book contains graphic language : comics as literature /
Rocco Versaci.
- New York : Continuum, c2007.
- ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
Why comics? An introduction with several digressions -- Creating a "special reality": comic books vs. memoir -- ReMaustering the past: comic books vs. holocaust memoir and photography -- The "New Journalism" revisited: comic books vs. reportage -- Guerilla warfare and sneak attacks: comic books vs. war films -- Illustrating the classics: comic books vs. "real" literature.