Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books

A single-issue comic from 2009, published by University Press of Mississippi, this work adapts a scholarly cultural history of American comic books into the medium itself. The book is most associated with author Jean-Paul Gabilliet, whose original text examines the industry's evolution, business, and reception, here translated into visual form by a team of artists. It matters as a meta-textual artifact—a history of comics told through the very language of comics, offering a unique, academic perspective on the medium's own story.