Roger Sabin
Encyclopedia
Roger Sabin is a writer about comics
and lecturer at Central St. Martins in London
, England
. He is best known for his book titled Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art and has also written newspaper articles on the topic of comics.
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
and lecturer at Central St. Martins in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He is best known for his book titled Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art and has also written newspaper articles on the topic of comics.
Books
- Adult Comics: An Introduction (Taylor & FrancisTaylor & FrancisTaylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.- Overview :...
, 1993, ISBN 0415044197, RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2005, ISBN 0415291399) - Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art (PhaidonPhaidon PressPhaidon Press is a British publisher of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide.As of 2009, Phaidon's headquarters are in London, UK, though they were in Oxford for many years, with offices in New York City, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Tokyo...
, 1996, ISBN 0714830089) - Punk Rock: So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk (Routledge, 1999, ISBN 0415170303)
- Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to the Present Day (Slab-O-ConcreteSlab-O-ConcreteSlab-O-Concrete Productions was a British mail order distributor and publisher, founded by pavement artist Peter Pavement, Dave Hanna, Emma Copsey and Chris Tappenden, operating mostly in Brighton and Hove during the 1990s...
, 2000, ISBN 1899866477)
Papers
- "Crisis in Modern American and British Comics, and the Possibilities of the Internet as a Solution", in Anne Magnussen & Hans-Christian Christiansen (eds) Comics & Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics, Museum Tusculanum Press, 2000, ISBN 8772895802. Pages 43–58.
- "Ally Sloper: The First Comics Superstar?", Image & Narrative #7, October 2003