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ByFrancesco-Alessio Ursini,Adnan Mahmutovic,Frank Bramlett

Visions of the Future in Comics

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” –C.S. Lewis

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Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presaging narratives can be read as reflections of their authors’ (and readers’) hopes, fears and beliefs about the present. This collection of new essays explores the creative processes in comics production that bring plausible futures to the page. The contributors investigate portrayals in different stylistic traditions—manga, bande desinées—from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The picture that emerges documents the elaborate storylines and complex universes comics creators have been crafting for decades.