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Abellio, Raymond (George Soulès),  Adams, Timothy Dow,  Adorno, Theodor, , , n,  Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias character, , , , , , – African autobiographical comics, – Alechinsky, Pierre,  Allen, Woody, , n Alternative Comics (Hatfield), , ,  American Born Chinese (Yang), – American Elf strips (Kochalka): about, , ; closure and, –, , –; diary comics and, , – ; diary genres and, –, –, , ; documentary and, ; family life narratives and, , ; four panel formal feature and, , , –, , –; graphic memoirs and, , ; Internet publications and, , , –; life writing and, , ; lyric style and, –, , –, n; narrative structural devices and, –, –, , , ; / attacks and, –, ; present moment experiences and, –, –, n; punch line and, , ; writing in the moment due to unknowable future and, –, , , ,  American Splendor (Pekar), , , ,  animal fables/fairy tales, –, , ,  animals: fairy tales and, –, , , ; as metaphors, , , , ; as witnesses, , , –, ,  animation genre, , n Antoine Doinel (fictional character), ,  archives, , , , n; The Complete Maus (Spiegelman) and, –; crisis comics and, ; documentary, ; Fun Home (Bechdel) and, –, –, , n, n; graphic novel and, , , n art brut (raw art) techniques, , n artifice/artifactual making, , , nn– artistic development: Bechdel and, , ; One Hundred Demons (Barry) and, –, , , n, ; Spiegelman and, , , –, – ,  Index  Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations. artists: aloneness/support, and women, , , ; Künstlerroman and, , , , n, , ; reader collaborations with, ,  Asian American representation, – ATHICA (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art),  aural dimensions, –, n Auschwitz, –, –, , , nn, n. See also Holocaust autobifictionalography, –, , ,  autobiographical avatars: Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary (Green), ; crisis comics, –, , ; filmic autobiographies and, –, n; Fun Home (Bechdel), , , –; graphic memoirs and, , ; otherness and, –; Persepolis (Satrapi and Paronnaud) and, , , n; SecondLife and, , n autobiographical comics, , , , n. See also graphic novel; specific authors/artists; specific autobiographical comics autobiographical pacts, , , , – autobiographies: about, , , –, n; autobiographical comics and, –, , –; bandes dessinées and, , ; becoming, , , ; childhood of author figure and, , , ; comic books and, , , ; comix books and, ; death of author figure and, , , n; dramatic, , , , –, , n; fiction compared with, –, , ; identity and, , ; images and, ; Iranian women and, , ; lyric style and, , , , n; memoir boom and, , ; memory and, ; narrating I and, , –; photographs and, ; recontextualization of structuralist models and, –; referential pact and, –, ; relational, , , n; re-vision and, , –, n; self/other representations and, ; self-representation and, , . See also filmic autobiographies autobiographix, , n autobiography of discovery, –, , – autofiction, . See also fictional graphic novels autographics/autographies: about, , , , n; crisis comics and, , ; filmic autobiographies compared with, , , –, , nn–; graphic memoirs and, , , – , –, n; otherness and, . See also photographs; photographs/ drawings; specific authors/artists; specific autographics autogynography, –, . See also autographics/autographies; photographs Baetens, Jan, – bandes dessinées (French language comics), , –. See also specific authors/artists Barry, Lynda: autobifictionalography and, , , ; biographical information about, n; on breast cancer narratives, ; collectivities and, , , –, ; critical analyses and, –, nn–, n; disturbing content and, – , , , , , n; on dramatic autobiography, n; economy of style and, , n; feminist autobiographical comics and, , n; four panel formal feature and, –, ; minicomics and, , n; Naked Ladies!, –, , n, nn–, n; narrating I and, ; narrative structural devices and, , –, n;  Index photographs/fictional images and, , , , ; punch line in comic strips and, , ; “The Red Comb,” –, , , n; self-representation and, , n; sexual abuse narratives and, –, , –, n; space as formal feature and, , –, ; storytelling and, –, ; as teacher, –, –; What It Is, , n, n, –; writings, , , n. See also One Hundred Demons (Barry) Barthes, Roland, –, , , , ,  Bazambanza, Rupert, Smile through the Tears, – Beaty, Bart, , – Beauchard, David. See David B.; Epileptic (David B.) Bechdel, Alison, , n, n, . See also Fun Home (Bechdel) Being in Pictures (Leonard), –, , , , n Benhabib, Seyla, , , n Berberian, Charles,  Bidloo, Govard,  bildungsroman, –, n,  Binbin Fu, – Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary (Green), , ,  Blankets (Thompson), , ,  Bloom, Lynn A., ,  bodies: anatomical representations of, –, n, nn–, n; violence on women’s, , , , n; as visual displays, –, , , ,  Bolter, Jay David, , n Braun, Christina von, – Breakdowns: From Maus to Now (Spiegelman): artistic development and, –, ; historical/ autobiographical context and, , ; self-representation and, , –, –, , ,  Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young @&*! (Spiegelman): artistic development and, , , –; autobiographical re-vision and, , –, n; childhood of author figure and, , , ; death of author figure and, , , n; identity/differences and, ; narrative structural devices and, , , –, , , n; selfrepresentation and, , n, –, , , , ; Ur-images and, n,  breaking the frame, , , , , , , –, n breast cancer: carcinogenic products and, , , –, , , n; economics of breast cancer treatments and, , –; funding for cancer research and, , , ; medical system critique and, ; narratives about, –, n; spiritual enlightenment and, ; treatments for cancer profits and, , –, , n; violence on women’s bodies and, , , , n. See also specific authors/artists; specific autobiographical comics Bremond, Claude,  Brodzki, Bella, – Brown, Chester, –, – Brown, Jeffrey, , , , , – , n, n, n Bruner, Jerome, – Camus, Albert, ,  cancer, breast. See breast cancer The Cancer Journals (Lorde), , ,  Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person (Engelberg), – Cancer Vixen (Marchetto), – CANVAS (Collaborative Advanced Navigation Virtual Art Studio), – Index  Carnet de Voyage (Thompson),  Caruth, Cathy, , –, n Cates, Isaac, – Catholocism, , ,  CD-ROM, The Complete Maus (Spiegelman), –, n, n, n Chaney, Michael A., –, – A...

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