Faculty Publication: Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Shiamin Kwa

Regarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Shiamin Kwa

Publication Type: Monograph

Abstract: Part interpretive criticism, part philosophical meditation, Regarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century explores the ways that literary comics engage readers in the mutual construction of meaning. Kwa draws from a wide range of philosophical, critical, and theoretical texts to analyze the visual and verbal narrative strategies that artists use. She examines the work of comic artists Gabrielle Bell, Michael DeForge, Kevin Huizenga, Laura Park, and Dash Shaw who construct their particular visions of the world.

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures