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Groensteen, Thierry. The System of Comics. Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2007. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:34 AM) Last edited by: joachim (6/26/19, 1:13 PM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1-57806-925-4 BibTeX citation key: Groensteen2007a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Semiotics Creators: Groensteen Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi (Jackson) |
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In this book, originally published in France in 1999, Groensteen explains clearly the subtle, complex workings of the medium and its unique way of combining visual, verbal, spatial, and chronological expressions. The author explores the nineteenth-century pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer, contemporary Japanese creators, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and modern American autobiographical comics. The System of Comics uses examples from a wide variety of countries including the United States, England, Japan, France, and Argentina. It describes and analyzes the properties and functions of speech and thought balloons, panels, strips, and pages to examine methodically and insightfully the medium's fundamental processes. From this, Groensteen develops his own coherent, overarching theory of comics, a “system” that both builds on existing studies of the “word and image” paradigm and adds innovative approaches of his own. Examining both meaning and appreciation, the book provides a wealth of ideas that will challenge the way scholars approach the study of comics. By emphasizing not simply “storytelling techniques” but also the qualities of the printed page and the reader's engagement, the book's approach is broadly applicable to all forms of interpreting this evolving art. Table of Contents Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen: Foreword (vii) INTRODUCTION (1) 1. THE SPATIO-TOPICAL SYSTEM (24) 2. RESTRAINED ARTHROLOGY: THE SEQUENCE (103) 3. GENERAL ARTHROLOGY: THE NETWORK (144) CONCLUSION (159) Notes (165) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |