Superheroes of the Round Table

By Jason Tondro

Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Renaissance, england, Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism, Comic books, strips, Heroes in art, Renaissance, History and criticism, English literature, Art and literature

Description: "Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher.