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Hello! Did I post this request in the wrong section? If so, I'm happy to submit the request again, if someone can point me in the right direction.
This is the right place.I think you need a librarian that has some knowledge of speculative fiction and that is why no one feels able to jump in and delete the books from the list. Unfortunately I haven't had anything to do with that genre either.
There will be one along sometime :)
I can do this one, but it'll take me a couple of hours (I'm at work :)
Done (turned out I had no work to do right now, heh.)There are a couple of others I'm giving side-eye, if you want these removed too, please let me know (I would remove them, but I haven't read them, perhaps they are there for a reason):
The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images. (This book looks fantastic, but not SF-specific)
The Best American Comics Criticism
Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy
Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives: Essays on Readers, Research, History and Cataloging
The Comics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - just based on the cover, since there is no other info, this is clearly about newspaper strips, and not SF specific.
Reading Comics
A Comics Studies Reader
Kirby: King of the Comics (i guess a lot, even most of what Kirby wrote was SF, this one's borderline I guess - if Tolkien's letters and a bio stay, maybe this should.)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Steering the Craft (Le Guin is certainly an SF writer, but this is a general writing book, not a "how to write SF" one).
And a couple more about history in French comics that I just removed.
Krazykiwi wrote: "I can do this one, but it'll take me a couple of hours (I'm at work :)"Thank you!
Krazykiwi wrote: "Done (turned out I had no work to do right now, heh.)There are a couple of others I'm giving side-eye, if you want these removed too, please let me know (I would remove them, but I haven't read t..."
Let me take another look at the titles you've listed. I've tried to leave books if they at least have a chapter related to SFF (based on the book summary or reviews), but I can't necessarily remember which ones are which! I have a bit of a soft stop for "the craft of writing/art" books, so I'm inclined to let the Scott McCloud books stay.
Krazykiwi wrote: "Done (turned out I had no work to do right now, heh.)There are a couple of others I'm giving side-eye, if you want these removed too, please let me know (I would remove them, but I haven't read t..."
I've reviewed each of the books you've listed and included some additional feedback.
The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.
PURGE THIS ONE PLEASE. I left it initially as I was inclined to leave books that facilitate future art creation, but the SFF link is pretty tenuous, I'll admit. While I enjoy discussions of cognitive psychology and visual recognition, its just not SFF!
The Best American Comics Criticism
PURGE THIS ONE PLEASE. I had thought this had some SFF content, but on closer look its pretty thin on the ground.
Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy
Leave this one please. The book summary references Alan Moore, Neil Gaimain, etc, so definitely includes some SFF.
Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives: Essays on Readers, Research, History and Cataloging
I'm torn on this one. SFF comics have had a potted history when it comes to accessibility and respectability. A book that discusses comics in libraries feels like it will have relevance.
The Comics
PURGE THIS ONE PLEASE. I don't remember this title so it might be a more recent addition?
Reading Comics
Leave this one please. The book summary references Alan Moore, which suggests there is at least SOME SFF content.
A Comics Studies Reader
Leave this one please. It includes some material on superheroes (ie, in a larger context). I'm inclined to be generous here.
Kirby: King of the Comics
Leave this one please. Biographies of SFF creators are a-ok. Maybe I'll update the list desc to clarify.
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Leave this one please. Its been used as a resource for many (SFF) comic creators so I'd like to be generous.
Steering the Craft
Leave this one please. Books written by/about prominent SFF authors are a-ok.
Alrighty, that's why I asked on those before just removing them. I removed the last couple from the second list, and I think it's looking pretty good now! Please post again if you any more ever turn up!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
The list theme is speculative fiction criticism and non-fiction. Several books have been added which are on comics books in general without a focus on speculative fiction. I've listed the titles and authors below.
Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
by David Hajdu
Strips, Toons, and Bluesies: Essays in Comics and Culture
by Todd Hignite, Todd Hignite
Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
by David Hajdu
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium
by Jeet Heer (Editor)
The Language of Comics
by Mario Saraceni
The Algerian War in French-Language Comics: Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity
by Jennifer Howell
History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels
by Mark McKinney, Baru, Bart Beaty
Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form
by Hannah Miodrag
The Language of Comics: Word and Image
by Robin Varnum (Editor)
Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps
by Art Spiegelman
Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature
by Charles Hatfield
Please let me know I I should be posting this request in specific place (if not here).
Thank you!