Review
Book Review: Graphic justice: intersections of comics and law
Griffith Law Review, Vol.25(4), pp.617-620
2016
Abstract
Writing in 1989, Martin Baker criticised scholars of popular culture, in particular comics, for failing to cite the material they analysed and a ‘gross ignorance’ of the history of the graphic novel.1 Baker lamented, for ‘comics more than most other kinds [of text] – critics can get away with character assassination based on ignorance, and hardly anyone will mind’. 2 Graphic Justice: Intersections of Comics and Law3 serves as a reminder of how times have changed. In this collection, authors delve into the detail of the source material, taking seriously the medium of the graphic novel in order to provide a meaningful insight into the representation of law and justice. This collection reveals the complexities of the comic medium, reading graphic novels as both a reflection of the world of their creation and an alternate reality where different forms of justice(s) can be explored. Graphic Justice not only investigates the concepts of legality in these texts, but is doing justice by providing an analysis worthy of the complexity and depth of comic art.
Details
- Title
- Book Review: Graphic justice: intersections of comics and law
- Authors
- Dale Mitchell (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Griffith Law Review, Vol.25(4), pp.617-620
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Australasia
- DOI
- 10.1080/10383441.2016.1292866
- ISSN
- 1839-4205
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99611508302621
- Output Type
- Review
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