Nicolas Labarre is professor of American studies at University of Bordeaux Montaigne. He is author of Understanding Genres in Comics, La Bande Dessiné e Contemporaine, and Heavy Metal, l'autre Mé tal Hurlant, and his work has been published in numerous edited collections and journals such as Image & Narrative, Comicalité s, and Comics and Videogames: From Hybrid Medialities to Transmedia Expansions.