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Sequential Images, the Page, and Narrative Structures
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2334-6245
2015 (English)In: International Journal of Comic Art, ISSN 1531-6793, Vol. 17, no 2, p. 561-571Article in journal (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Not only digital but also analogue formats constantly experiment and expand on formal and narrative options. These experiments help to understand how individual elements and layers within comics work, whether they need to be used in the established ways or whether they can be manipulated further. Experimenting on formal and narrative options of comics systematically widens the understanding of the way comics narrate – and as a result, those who experiment become better analysts of comics, they learn about visual and textual communication of all kinds of issues – of representations of cultures. Also, their ability grows to apply this knowledge on productions of their own and onto those by other creators. While most mainstream comics and graphic novels carefully stay on established ground in regards to visual and textual construction and narration of the narrative and its individual stages, other digital and analogue comics constantly experiment on formal and narrative options for comics. By analysing and adapting the existing forms of comics, by experimenting with formal and narrative options, the understanding of the potential of comics and the ability to apply this knowledge is widened. For people, who are working in the field of comics storytelling, as well drawing as texting, a sound knowledge of the standards and options is obviously desirable.

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International Journal of Comic Art , 2015. Vol. 17, no 2, p. 561-571
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Synchronicity, interweaving, page styles, comics narration, narrative structure, comics
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Humanities and the Arts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-1966Local ID: 20551OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-1966DiVA, id: diva2:1398698
Available from: 2020-02-27 Created: 2020-02-27 Last updated: 2022-06-27Bibliographically approved

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