Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature Volume 42 Issue 1 A Planetary Republic of Comic Book Letters: Drawing Expansive Narrative Article 3 Boundaries 9-20-2017 ReDrawing of Narrative Boundaries: An Introduction Frederick Luis Aldama The Ohio State University,
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[email protected]. ReDrawing of Narrative Boundaries: An Introduction Abstract ReDrawing of Narrative Boundaries: An Introduction provides an overview of the comics studies field as it relates to discussions and debates regarding its relationship to the study of literature and the arts. It provides a snapshot of today's comics studies field, including how the scholarly essays collected for this special issue, “A Planetary Republic of Comic Book Letters: Drawing Expansive Narrative Boundaries," work to deepen and widen our understanding of comics, and comics from all over the planet. Individually and collectively they eschew the lean toward the fill-in-the-blank (lit, film, etc.) comparisons, and instead excavate and theorize comics on their own terms.