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Beaty, Bart. "A Clear Line to Marcinelle: The Importance of Line in Émile Bravo’s Spirou à Bruxelles." European Comic Art 4. (2011): 199–211. Added by: joachim (7/4/12, 11:24 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3828/eca.2011.15 BibTeX citation key: Beaty2011b Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Spirou", Art, Belgium, Bravo. Émile, Children’s and young adults’ comics, École Marcinelle, France, Ligne Claire, Line, Magritte. René Creators: Beaty Collection: European Comic Art |
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This article considers Émile Bravo’s screenprint, Spirou à Bruxelles, in order to analyse the relations that existed between the two dominant styles of comic book drawing in Belgium during the mid-twentieth century: the ligne claire style associated with Le Journal de Tintin and the Marcinelle school characterised by artists affiliated with Le Journal de Spirou. Working outward from the specific details of this image, the article situates Spirou within the history of Belgian children’s publishing, and the world of modernist and surrealist painting as it can be encapsulated in the figure of René Magritte. The article suggests that the study of line has been historically overlooked by comics studies, and suggests ways by which this absence might be rectified.
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