Beaty, Bart. <br/><br/>
Comics versus art / 
Bart Beaty. 
 - Toronto ;  Buffalo :  University of Toronto Press,  c2012. 
 - x, 274 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Out of the historical dustbin : comics and the hierarchy of genres -- What if comics were art? Defining a comics art world -- Roy Lichtenstein's tears : Ressentiment and exclusion in the world of pop art -- Searching for artists in the entertainment empire -- Cartoons as masterpieces: an essay on illustrated classics -- Highbrow comics and lowbrow art? The shifting contexts of the comics art object -- On junk, investments, and junk investments: the evolution of comic book collectables -- Crumbs from the table: the place of comics in art museums -- By way of conclusion : Chris Ware's Comics about art. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442643512 144264351X 9781442612044 1442612045 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012454981 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20129016268 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.<br/>Comic books, strips, etc., in art.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN6710  / .B43 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>741.5