Philosophy of Comics av Sam (Denison University USA) Cowling, Wesley (Texas Christian University USA) Cray

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<b><i>What exactly are comics? Can they be art, literature, or even pornography? How should we understand the characters, stories, and genres that shape them?</i></b>Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation, narrative, and value. <i>Philosophy of Comics </i>is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium, Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics.Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as <i>Watchmen, Tales from the Crypt, </i>and <i>Fun Home, </i>Cowling and Cray explore ethical, aesthetic, and ontological puzzles, including: - What does it take to create¿or destroy¿a fictional character like Superman?- Can all comics be adapted into films, or are some comics impossible to adapt?- Is there really a genre of ¿superhero comics¿?- When are comics obscene, pornographic,