Reviews for Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence

The average rating for Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-10 00:00:00 John Diemer A maddeningly inconsistent collection that's very poorly copy-edited, organized entirely around American and European comics and cities, with a myopic focus on white male authors.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-10 00:00:00 Damien Domiani This collection by Ahrens and Meteling examines different approaches to the portrayals of cities in comic books. It's a pretty wide-ranging collection, including material on early comics (Hogan's Alley), superhero comics, and a nice range of European and American comics, although there's no consideration of the city as portrayed in manga. Alan Moore is particularly well represented, as there are essays on Promethea and From Hell, but there are also examinations of writers such as Carl Barks (Scrooge McDuck), Will Eisner, Brian K. Vaughan, James Robinson, Dean Motter and Jason Lutes. I particularly liked Meteling's essay on superheroes, and Henry Jenkins' essay on Mister X. While the theory is geared more towards comic books than cities per se, there is also a lot of application of the theories of people such as Umberto Eco, Michel de Certeau, and Foucault. As someone at least mildly familiar with comic book theory, I found it an interesting read.