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The Other Kind of Funnies refutes the mainstream American cultural assumption that comics have little to do with technical communication-that the former are entertaining (in a low-brow sense) and juvenile, whereas the latter is practical and serious (to the point of stuffiness). The first of its kind, this book demonstrates the exciting possibilities of using comics in technical communication. It defines comics as a medium and art form that includes cartoons, comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels; provides conceptual and historical backgrounds on comics; and discusses the appeals and challenges of using comics-style technical communication. More specifically, it examines comics-style instructions, educational materials, health/risk communication, and political/propaganda communication. The author argues that comics-style technical communication encourages reader participation, produces covert persuasion, facilitates intercultural communication, benefits underprivileged audiences such as children and readers of lower literacy, and challenges the positivist view of technical communication. An abundance of comics-style technical communication examples, carefully selected from across cultures and times, demonstrates the argument. While the book proposes that comics can create user-friendly, visually oriented, engaging, and socially responsible technical communication, it is also quick to acknowledge the limitations and challenges of comics-style technical communication and provides heuristics on how to cope with them. The Other Kind of Funnies is unique in its interdisciplinary approach. It focuses on technical communication but speaks to design, cultural and intercultural studies, historical studies, and to some extent, education, politics, and art.
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9780895038395 | Baywood Pub Co, October 1, 2015, cover price $67.95
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9780895038401 | Baywood Pub Co, October 1, 2015, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: The Other Kind of Funnies refutes the mainstream American cultural assumption that comics have little to do with technical communication-that the former are entertaining (in a low-brow sense) and juvenile, whereas the latter is practical and serious (to the point of stuffiness).
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9781628737349 | Reprint edition (Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, August 5, 2014), cover price $14.95
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9781611475562 | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, December 11, 2013, cover price $85.00
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9781611478525 | Reprint edition (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, August 31, 2015), cover price $44.99 | About this edition: This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one.
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9781441129567 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 29, 2013, cover price $110.00
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9781441126412 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 29, 2013, cover price $32.95
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9780786459131 | 1 edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, June 30, 2013), cover price $45.00
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9781564843210 | Intl Society for Technology in, February 15, 2013, cover price $31.95
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9781934338827 | Maupin House Pub, January 1, 2013, cover price $29.95
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9780786461462 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 5, 2012, cover price $45.00
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9780256238013, titled "The Internet Primer: Getting Started on the Internet" | Richard d Irwin, May 1, 1996, cover price $9.60 | also contains The Internet Primer: Getting Started on the Internet
Product Description: Comic Books and American Cultural History is an anthology that examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. Over the last twenty years, there has been a proliferation of book-length works focusing on the history of comic books, but few have investigated how comics can be used as sources for doing American cultural history...read more
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9781441163196 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, February 23, 2012, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Comic Books and American Cultural History is an anthology that examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States.
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9781441172624 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, February 23, 2012, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Comic Books and American Cultural History is an anthology that examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States.
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9780415675505 | Routledge, February 8, 2012, cover price $150.00
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9780415675512 | Routledge, February 8, 2012, cover price $41.95
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9781412936842 | Corwin Pr, November 8, 2011, cover price $31.95
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9781598847680 | Libraries Unltd Inc, September 29, 2011, cover price $40.00
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9781592401468 | Gotham Books, September 8, 2005, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: An exploration of the science behind the powers of popular comic superheroes and villains illustrates the physics principles underlying the supernatural abilities of such characters as Superman, Magneto, and Spider-Man.
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9781592405084 | 2 original edition (Avery Pub Group, November 3, 2009), cover price $18.00
9781592402427 | Reprint edition (Avery Pub Group, September 21, 2006), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An exploration of the science behind the powers of popular comic superheroes and villains illustrates the physics principles underlying the supernatural abilities of such characters as Superman, Magneto, and Spider-Man.
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9780872075702 | Intl Reading Assn, July 30, 2005, cover price $25.95
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9780325004754 | Heinemann, September 28, 2004, cover price $33.13 | About this edition: Offers teachers a comprehensive guide to effectively using comics in any multilingual classroom.
Product Description: As most instructors, presenters and trainers have discovered, cartoons are an excellent classroom resource for making key learning points in an enjoyable, engaging manner. Cartoons function well as metaphors for the subject at hand, help introduce or wrap-up key concepts, and serve to ease transitions between learning segments...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781579220556 | Pap/cdr edition (Stylus Pub Llc, November 1, 2002), cover price $42.00 | About this edition: As most instructors, presenters and trainers have discovered, cartoons are an excellent classroom resource for making key learning points in an enjoyable, engaging manner.
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9780256238013 | Richard d Irwin, May 1, 1996, cover price $9.60 | also contains Teaching Comics and Graphic Narratives: Essays on Theory, Strategy and Practice
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9780930599393 | Thinking Pubns, June 1, 1995, cover price $34.95
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