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Cates, Isaac. "Comics and the Grammar of Diagrams." The Comics of Chris Ware. Drawing is a Way of Thinking. Eds. David M. Ball and Martha B. Kuhlman. Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2010. 90–104. Added by: joachim (7/22/10, 12:30 PM) Last edited by: joachim (7/29/14, 2:29 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.14325/mississippi/9781604734423.003.0007 BibTeX citation key: Cates2010 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Sequentiality, USA, Ware. Chris Creators: Ball, Cates, Kuhlman Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi (Jackson) Collection: The Comics of Chris Ware. Drawing is a Way of Thinking |
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This chapter examines sequentiality in comics theory in relation to Chris Ware’s comics and proposes a poetics of the diagram that draws upon information theory. It shows how understanding Ware’s comics as diagrams, including his graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, allows us to see how they function as puzzles to be solved. The chapter argues that Ware’s diagrams suggest new possibilities of metaphor, meta-narrative, and other more “poetic” devices for the still-developing language of comics. It also looks at a number of other cartoonists who have exploited the diagrammatic potential of the comics page, including Dan Zettwoch, Peter Blegvad, Posy Simmonds, and Kevin Huizenga.
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