Why Comics? From Undercover to Everywhere — By Hillary Chute

“When it comes to comics, Hillary Chute asks all the right questions.” — Scott McCloud, Author of Understanding Comics and The Sculptor “In her wonderful book, Hillary L. Chute suggests that we’re in a blooming, expanding era of the art… Chute’s often lovely, sensitive discussions of individual expression in independent comics seem so right and true.” —The New York Times Book Review “Hillary Chute, who may be to comics studies what Art Spiegelman is to comics, brings her academic rigor to an examination of this oft-underappreciated art form. Her supple, nuanced understanding of how to read comics—not only why—begins with an emphasis on the difference between simply reading comics and knowing how to read comics, and continues with a deep dive into genres and themes.” — Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons, Columbia University “Why Comics? is a riveting compendium of history, humor, politics, punk, sex, violence, and the occasional superhero. Hillary Chute has given us the storie