Not surprisingly, this is exceptionally well illustrated for an academic book. It is an important contribution to comics scholarship and will help anyone appreciate the medium more deeply. (CHOICE) Comics Studies needs to apply a more holistic approach in the study of comic book illustration, one that recognizes art as formally equal to text in the construction of narrative. Brown’s argument feels almost tacit, like a thing known all along that just needed a push to be recollected. Much of this effect can be attributed to Brown’s comfort with navigating the field. Brown dialogically contextualizes his claims with an impressive reach of scholarly voices from across multiple disciplines, weaving familiar and unfamiliar ideas into exciting new possibilities for Comics Studies. . . . Brown’s Super Bodies is an invitation for comics scholars to look at the field anew. (INKS) A valuable look at a corner of Comics Studies that does not get the attention it deserves. (The Comics Grid)
