{"product_id":"komiks-comic-art-in-russia-9781628460506","title":"Komiks: Comic Art in Russia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosé Alaniz explores the problematic publication history of \u003cem\u003ekomiks\u003c\/em\u003e--an art form much-maligned as \"\"bourgeois\"\" mass diversion before, during, and after the collapse of the USSR-- with an emphasis on the last twenty years. The book provides heretofore unavailable access to a rich artistry through unique archival research, interviews with major artists and publishers, and readings of several artists and works--many unknown in the West. The study examines the dizzying experimental comics work of the late Czarist and early revolutionary era, caricature from the satirical journal \u003cem\u003eKrokodil\u003c\/em\u003e, and the postwar series \u003cem\u003ePetia Ryzhik\u003c\/em\u003e (the \"\"Russian Tintin\"\"). Detailed case studies include the Perestroika-era KOM studio, the first devoted to comics in the Soviet Union; post-Soviet \u003cem\u003ekomiks\u003c\/em\u003e in contemporary art; autobiography and the work of Nikolai Maslov; and women's \u003cem\u003ekomiks\u003c\/em\u003e by such artists as Lena Uzhinova, Namida and Re-I. Author José Alaniz examines issues such as anti-Americanism, censorship, the rise of consumerism, globalization (e.g., in Russian manga), the impact of the internet, and the hard-won establishment of a comics subculture in Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKomiks\u003c\/em\u003e have often borne the brunt of ideological change--thriving in summers of relative freedom, freezing in hard winters of official disdain. This volume covers the art form's origins in religious icon-making and book illustration, and later the immensely popular \u003cem\u003elubok\u003c\/em\u003e or woodblock print. Alaniz reveals \u003cem\u003ekomiks'\u003c\/em\u003e vilification and marginalization under the Communists, the art form's economic struggles, and its eventual internet \"\"migration\"\" in the post-Soviet era. This book shows, as many Russians expressed about their own experiences in the same era, that \u003cem\u003ekomiks\u003c\/em\u003e never had a \"\"normal life.\"\"","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041792721239,"sku":"9781628460506","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781628460506.jpg?v=1750951702","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/komiks-comic-art-in-russia-9781628460506","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}