TY - CHAP
T1 - Readers and Fans
T2 - Lived Comics Cultures
AU - Gibson, Mel
PY - 2023/7/31
Y1 - 2023/7/31
N2 - This chapter expands on some of the different practices, interactions and preferences of readers and fans as part of their lived comics cultures, for, as Benjamin Woo argues, “An adequate understanding of the readers of comic books and graphic novels must extend beyond reader-text relationships to comprise contexts of reception” (125). Engagement with the medium has taken various forms, from casual readership and sharing titles amongst friendship groups in childhood, through to being a collector. Further, the chapter looks at how readers, both historically and today, have accessed their comics in varied formats and across many genres in Britain and the USA, linking their lived experience with production. In looking into these issues, the chapter touches upon several different publishers, genres, and titles, including DC and Marvel comics as well as British girls' comics and what might be considered cult publications because of their popularity and lasting impact on the comics scene, such as 2000 AD (1977-date).
AB - This chapter expands on some of the different practices, interactions and preferences of readers and fans as part of their lived comics cultures, for, as Benjamin Woo argues, “An adequate understanding of the readers of comic books and graphic novels must extend beyond reader-text relationships to comprise contexts of reception” (125). Engagement with the medium has taken various forms, from casual readership and sharing titles amongst friendship groups in childhood, through to being a collector. Further, the chapter looks at how readers, both historically and today, have accessed their comics in varied formats and across many genres in Britain and the USA, linking their lived experience with production. In looking into these issues, the chapter touches upon several different publishers, genres, and titles, including DC and Marvel comics as well as British girls' comics and what might be considered cult publications because of their popularity and lasting impact on the comics scene, such as 2000 AD (1977-date).
KW - comics, fandom, reading practices
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-comics/EE85620B3F3FA3B5D1606C5986921EA3#fndtn-metrics
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781009255684
SN - 9781009255691
T3 - Cambridge Companions to Literature
SP - 287
EP - 307
BT - The Cambridge Companion to Comics
A2 - Ahmed, Maaheen
PB - Cambridge University Press
CY - Cambridge
ER -