Roger Sabin

Roger Sabin is an English writer about comics and lecturer at Central St. Martins.

Work

Sabin is best known for his book Adult Comics which has gone through a number of editions, remaining in print for 20 years and is the standard academic work on the history of the comic book form, and Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art a cultural history of comics for both popular and scholarly audiences. He has also written newspaper articles on the topic of comics, film and punk culture.

Books

Adult Comics: An Introduction
Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art
The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth
The Movie Book: An A-Z guide to 500 landmark individuals working in film
Punk Rock: So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk
Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to the Present Day
''Cop Shows: A Critical History of Police Dramas on Television''

Papers

"", in Anne Magnussen & Hans-Christian Christiansen, Comics & Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics, pp. 43–58. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2000..
"", Image & Narrative #7, October 2003
"Comics", in Daniele Albertazzi & Paul Cobley, The Media: An Introduction, pp. 77–87. Harlow: Longman, 2010..