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Ahrens, Jörn. "Imagine Reality: Negotiating Comics along David B.’s Epileptic." European Comic Art 7. (2014): 64–89. Added by: joachim (4/4/16, 11:54 AM) Last edited by: joachim (4/4/16, 11:55 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3167/eca.2014.070204 BibTeX citation key: Ahrens2014 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "L’ascension du haut mal", Autobiography, Beauchard. Pierre-François, David B., Dream, France Creators: Ahrens Collection: European Comic Art |
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With Epileptic, French comics artist David B. presents a graphic novel as innovative in style as it is experimental in content. In the foreground, Epileptic is an autobiographical tale about his youth overshadowed by his brother’s suffering from epilepsy, but it is also the illustration of a dream-world. David B. consequently entangles the levels of reality, autobiography and dreamlike fantasy. Emphasised by the interaction of clear graphics with hard black-and-white contrasts and the use of surrealistic and medieval quotations, David B. presents a unique combination of art, narrative and abstraction.
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