{"product_id":"childrens-comics-a-teachers-guide-9781903663202","title":"Childrens Comics - A Teachers Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wendy Helsby\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDistinct from \"magazines,\" children's comics are a discreet and fascinating medium, superficially familiar to us all, yet rarely the subject of study in Media Studies. But comics have been with us in their current form for over a hundred years and they remain hugely popular with their audience and very lucrative for their owners. Beginning with \"A Short History of Comics,\" the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTeacher's Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores every area of the subject likely to be of relevance to the Media teacher: Comic Language―comic \"codes\", and how to read them; Industries and Institutions―from conglomerates to cults and cross-media synergy; Censorship―the history of comic book regulation in the USA and the UK; Audiences―who reads children's comics? And are they bad for them? Representation―comics and gender, race and nationality; Superheroes and Naughty Kids―the history, and appeal, of Superman, Batman and Dennis the Menace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45268610711703,"sku":"9781903663202","price":1620.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781903663202.webp?v=1769236232","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/childrens-comics-a-teachers-guide-9781903663202","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}