Download or read book Comics as a Nexus of Cultures written by Jochen Ecke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays from various critical disciplines examine how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art. The articles feature international perspectives on comics and graphic novels published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, India, and Japan. Topics range from film adaptation, to journalism in comics, to the current manga boom.