Chris Gavaler

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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    July 2002
  • Latest Book:
    February 2026
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Books in Order: 5 titles

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  • The Color of Paper: Representing Race in the Comics Medium

    How does a comics reader understand that a certain race is assigned to a character? In The Color of Paper, Chris Gavaler establishes a formal approach for analyzing racial representations in comics, demonstrating that the ink-on-paper materiality of ...

  • The Comics Form: The Art of Sequenced Images

    Answering foundational questions like what is a comic and how do comics work in original and imaginative ways, this book adapts established, formalist approaches to explaining the experience of reading comics. Taking stock of a multitude of case stud...

  • Superhero Comics

    A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres.

    In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals:

    ·The...

  • School for Tricksters

  • Pretend I'm Not Here

    TRAPPED IN HONEYMOON HEAVEN WITH GAME SHOW WINNERS AND A MOBSTER'S WIFE, ASHLEY FARRELL DIDN'T THINK THINGS COULD POSSIBLY GET ANY WORSE ... THEY JUST GOT WORSE. Spending long, languid weekends in St. Thomas would seem like a dream job for most...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chris Gavaler has published 5 books.

The next book by Chris Gavaler, The Color of Paper: Representing Race in the Comics Medium, will be published in February 2026.

The first book by Chris Gavaler, Pretend I'm Not Here, was published in July 2002.

No. Chris Gavaler does not write books in series.
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