Prelims

Veronica Moretti (University of Bologna, Italy)

Understanding Comics-Based Research: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

ISBN: 978-1-83753-463-0, eISBN: 978-1-83753-462-3

Publication date: 11 September 2023

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Moretti, V. (2023), "Prelims", Understanding Comics-Based Research: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xii. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-462-320231007

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Understanding Comics-Based Research

Title Page

UNDERSTANDING COMICS-BASED RESEARCH

A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

BY

VERONICA MORETTI

University of Bologna, Italy

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Dedication Page

This book is not dedicated to a specific person. I’d like to think that this manuscript is the fruit of that part of academia that still believes in color, passion and gratitude. To those parts, I hereby dedicate my book.

List of Figures		ix
About the Author		x
Acknowledgments		xi
Introduction		1
1.	The Comics Jargon	9
	1. What Is Comics? Providing Vocabulary and Examples of Comics Terminology	9
	2. A Short History of Comics in Popular Culture	14
	3. Unrequited Love: from Comics to the Graphic Novel	20
	4. Cartoonists Behind the Scenes	22
	5. The Exciting Evolution of Comics Production (and Why It’s a Big Deal!)	25
2.	Graphic Social Sciences	29
	1. The Interplay of Social Sciences and Comics	29
	2. Comics and Visual Studies	32
	3. Comics in Education	34
	4. Comics and Anthropology	36
	5. Comics and Sociology	40
3.	Drafting Comics-Based Research	49
	1. Creative Thinking: Planning Research Strategy	49
	2. Gathering Comics-Data	52
	3. Analyzing Comics-Data	59
	4. Dissemination and Communication	62
	5. Ethical Dimension and Practical Challenge	68
4.	The Social Genres of Comics	77
	1. Genres in Comics	77
	2. When Comics Meet Health: Graphic Medicine	80
	3. A Graphic Journey of Migration	84
	4. Eco-comics: Using Images to Describe Climate Change	89
	5. Women and Gender in Comics	93
Conclusion		101
Index		103

List of Figures

Fig. I	Myself	xi
Fig. II	The Person Who Supported Me the Most.	xii
Fig. III	Hypothetical Readers.	xii
Fig. 1.1	The Man with the Axe.	13
Fig. 1.2	Zap Comix.	18
Fig. 1.3	Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary.	19
Fig. 2.1	Social and Cultural Diversity.	40
Fig. 3.1	Compassion Fatigue Vignette.	55
Fig. 3.2	Myself as an Animal Character.	58
Fig. 3.3	Why I Decided to Study Medicine.	59
Fig. 3.4	When We Were Happy	65
Fig. 3.5	Loosing a Part of Myself	66
Fig. 3.6	Body Donors.	67
Fig. 3.7	Bodies.	68
Fig. 4.1	Mom's Cancer.	82
Fig. 4.2	When David Lost His Voice – Keeping His Father's Message.	83
Fig. 4.3	The Most Costly Journey.	87
Fig. 4.4	The Everyday Stories of Climate Change.	92
Fig. 4.5	Priya Shakti.	95
Fig. 4.6	Fighting Stigma.	95

About the Author

Veronica Moretti is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna. Her main research interests lie in the field of creative methods within social research and on the intersections between technology and human activities, with specific emphasis on the medical sociology. She is currently using several innovative teaching strategies applied to “health education” activism, ranging from the use of graphic novels to the use of audio-diary recording with healthcare professionals to develop their social and relational skills. Also, she is one of the founders of the Graphic Medicine Italia association.

Acknowledgments

So, to start off, that’s myself (Fig. I) enjoying these months of intense writing, studying, and drawing.

Fig. I.

Myself.

And, as is expected in most publications, I thank the person who supported me the most (Fig. II).

Fig. II.

The Person Who Supported Me the Most.

And these are the hypothetical readers (Fig. III) I want to thank in advance for joining me on this venture!

Fig. III.

Hypothetical Readers.

Book Chapters

Prelims

Introduction

1. The Comics Jargon

2. Graphic Social Sciences

3. Drafting Comics-Based Research

4. The Social Genres of Comics

Conclusion

Index