Breaking the frames: populism and prestige in comics studies

Introduction. Pow! zap! : comics aren't just for cultural studies professors anymore

The myth of eco : comics, continuity, and cultural populism

The abuses of history : postmodernism and contemporary superhero comics

Properties of the imagination : copyright and empire in the league of extraordinary gentlemen

The limits of realism : alternative comics and the workshop aesthetic

Comics studies in miniature : the canonization of persepolis

Shadows of the past : fictions of history in nat turner

Afterword. Never apologize, never defend.