Disability in comic books and graphic narratives

As there has yet to be any substantial scrutiny of the complex confluences a more sustained dialogue between disability studies and comics studies might suggest, Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives aims through its broad range of approaches and focus points to explore this exciting subject in productive and provocative ways.

Foreword / by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson -- Introduction: From Feats of Clay to Narrative Prose/thesis / Zach Whalen, Chris Foss, and Jonathan W. Gray -- Mutable Articulations: Disability Rhetorics and the Comics Medium / Jay Dolmage and Dale Jacobs -- "When you have no voice, you don't exist"? Envisioning Disability in David Small's Stitches / Christina Maria Koch -- The Hidden Architecture of Disability: Chris Ware's Building Stories / Todd A. Comer -- Standing Orders: Oracle, Disability, and Retconning / José; Alaniz -- Drawing Disability: Superman, Huntington's, and the Comic Form in It's a Bird ... / Mariah Crilley -- Reading in Pictures: Re-Visioning Autism and Literature through the Medium of Manga / Chris Foss -- Graphic Violence in Word and Image: Reimagining Closure in The Ride Together / Shannon Walters -- "Why Couldn't You Let Me Die?": Cyborg, Social Death, and Narratives of Disability / Jonathan W. Gray -- "You Only Need Three Senses for This": The Disruptive Potentiality of Cyborg Helen Keller / Laurie Ann Carlson -- Cripping the Bat: Troubling Images of Batman / Daniel Preston -- Breaking Up [at/with] Illness Narratives / Kristen Gay -- Thinking through Thea: Alison Bechdel's Representations of Disability / Margaret Galvan.