Infrastructure and intervention on the comics page: An interview with Dominic Davies about his book Urban Comics (2019)

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Abstract

This interview documents a conversation between two scholars of space and comics. Benjamin Fraser asks Dominic Davies about his recently published book, titled Urban Comics. Conversation ranges from the author's experience connect-ing the medium of comics and graphic novels with various themes from the geographical and social sciences. Readers are introduced to the general arguments of the book, which are supported with specific quotations from selected chapters. A range of aesthetic and political concerns are discussed, as are various comics crea-tors and their projects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)275-283
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Urban Cultural Studies
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • comics journalism
  • graphic novel
  • Henri Lefebvre
  • Joe Sacco
  • space and place
  • urban studies
  • violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Urban Studies

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