

Yet, while graphic narrative has grown considerably as a topic for academic study within the last decade, neither Miller’s nor Moore’s texts have received as substantial published critical attention as might be expected indeed, I have not been able to find a single reference to Moore and artist David Lloyd’s V for Vendetta that is not in passing and/or a reference to the film adaptation. Moore and artist Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen and Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns are generally cited as instigating a turn in mainstream comics to more adult-oriented offerings, a focus on the conflicted interiority of superheroes, and darker, morally ambiguous narrative. Volume 3, Issue 2: William Blake and Visual CultureĪlan Moore and Frank Miller are the two writers most frequently credited with launching the “new mainstream” in the comics industry.Volume 3, Issue 3: Comics and Childhood.Volume 4, Issue 1: The Comics Work of Neil Gaiman.


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