Ebook: The Secret Origins of Comics Studies

Pt. 1 Educators -- 1. Educating with Comics / Carol L. Tilley -- 2. Educating about Comics / Robert G. Weiner -- Pioneer's Perspective / Waldomiro Vergueiro -- Pioneer's Perspective / James "Bucky" Carter -- pt. 2 Historians -- 3. Historians of the Creators / Brad Ricca -- Sidebar: Magazines and Online -- Sidebar: A Herstorian's Perspective / Christina Blanch -- Sidebar: International Creators -- 4. Historians of the Comics Industry / Robert Westerfelhaus -- Pioneer's Perspective / Maurice Horn -- 5. Historians of the Art Form / Ian Horton -- Sidebar: Comic Art -- Sidebar: Bande Dessinee and the Problem of Form -- Pioneer's Perspective / David Kunzle -- 6. Librarians and Archivists / Jenny Robb -- pt. 3 Theorists -- 7. Literary Theory/Narrative Theory / Barbara Postema -- 8. Semiotics and Linguistics / Gert Meesters -- Sidebar: Sound Effects -- 9. Myths, Archetypes, and Religions / David McConeghy -- Sidebar: Comics' Shortcut to the Sacred / A. David Lewis -- Sidebar: Comics as (Pseudo-) Religion / A. David Lewis -- 10. Ideological/Sociological / Ian Gordon -- Sidebar: The Immigrant Space / A. David Lewis -- Sidebar: Trauma and Disability in Comics / Jose Alaniz -- Pioneer's Perspective / Wolfgang Fuchs -- 11. Formalist Theory: The Cartoonists / Henry Jenkins -- 12. Formalist Theory: Academics / Ann Miller -- Sidebar: Materiality / Ian Hague -- 13. Psychology/Psychiatry / Travis Langley -- Sidebar / William Proctor -- 14. Gender Studies and Queer Studies / Kane Anderson -- 15. Manga Studies, A History / Nicholas A. Theisen -- pt. 4 Institutions -- 16. Organizations / Jeremy Larance -- Pioneer's Perspective / John A. Lent -- Pioneer's Perspective / Peter M. Coogan -- 17. Galleries / Kim Munson -- Sidebar: Yoshihiro Yonezawa / Jaqueline Berndt -- 18. Conferences / Chris Murray -- Pioneer's Perspective / M. Thomas Inge -- 19. Journals / Alec R. Hosterman -- 20. Presses / Joseph Michael Sommers -- Pioneer's Perspective / Pascal Lefevre.