The Cambridge Companion to Comicspresents comics as a multifaceted prism, generating productive and insightful dialogues with the most salient issues concerning the humanities at large.This volume provides readers with the histories and theories necessary for studying comics. It consists of three sections:Formsmaps the most significant comics forms, including material formats and techniques.Readingsbrings together a selection of tools to equip readers with a critical understanding of comics. Usesexamines the roles accorded to comics in museums, galleries, and education. Chapters explore comics through several key aspects, including drawing, serialities, adaptation, transmedia storytelling, issues of stereotyping and representation, and the lives of comics in institutional and social settings.This volume emphasizes the relationship between comics and other media and modes of expression. It offers close readings of vital works, covering more than a century of comics production and extending across visual, literary and cultural disciplines.