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Comics and Narration
Thierry Groensteen
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Description for Comics and Narration
Paperback. How all the elements in the grammar of comics merge to create a storyline Translator(s): Miller, Ann. Num Pages: 216 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
This book is the follow-up to Thierry Groensteen's groundbreaking The System of Comics, in which the leading French-language comics theorist set out to investigate how the medium functions, introducing the principle of iconic solidarity, and showing the systems that underlie the articulation between panels at three levels: page layout, linear sequence, and nonsequential links woven through the comic book as a whole. He now develops that analysis further, using examples from a very wide range of comics, including the work of American artists such as Chris Ware and Robert Crumb. He tests out his theoretical framework by bringing it up ... Read more
This book is the follow-up to Thierry Groensteen's groundbreaking The System of Comics, in which the leading French-language comics theorist set out to investigate how the medium functions, introducing the principle of iconic solidarity, and showing the systems that underlie the articulation between panels at three levels: page layout, linear sequence, and nonsequential links woven through the comic book as a whole. He now develops that analysis further, using examples from a very wide range of comics, including the work of American artists such as Chris Ware and Robert Crumb. He tests out his theoretical framework by bringing it up ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781496802569
SKU
V9781496802569
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Ref
99-50
About Thierry Groensteen
Thierry Groensteen, Brussels, Belgium, is a comics scholar and translator. He is the author of The System of Comics, published in English by University Press of Mississippi, among other books.|Ann Miller, Oxford, United Kingdom, is a University Fellow in French at University of Leicester in Leicester, England. She has published widely on French-language comics.
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