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Creator
Date
©2011
Location
Jefferson, N.C.
North Carolina
North Carolina
Media format
Printed text
Extent
viii, 240 p.
Language
English
Size
23 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 264865
Folger call number: PN6714 .T66 2011
Folger holdings ID: 350506
Folger call number: PN6714 .T66 2011
Folger holdings ID: 350506
Summary
"Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Introduction -- Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man -- Kirby's masque -- "By my so potent art" -- Arthur, the four-color king -- Grant Morrison's Grail quest
Also known as
Extended title: Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature / Jason Tondro
Related names
author: Tondro, Jason, 1968-