Talking, Thinking, and Seeing in Pictures: Narration, Focalization, and Ocularization in Comics Narratives
[An earlier, less refined version of this essay appeared on this site. This version will also see print in a future issue of The International Journal of Comic Art. It was written for a class on in the Spring of 2010.] Introduction The concept of “point of view” in narrative has taken on a number [...]
from The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
If, driven by an old compulsion, we were to define what the gods were to the Greeks, we might say, using the principle of Occam’s razor, everything that takes us away from the ordinary sensations of life. “With a god, you are always crying and laughing,” we read in Sophocles’ Ajax. Life as mere vegetative [...]
Minicomic: Fragments of Photorealism
I just posted the third of my three minicomics for the month. This one is called “Fragments of Photorealism.” Check it out. Also, I added electronic/web versions of the pdfs for the other two minicomics for those who don’t want to (or can’t) print them out and make a physical minicomic.
Other recent posts:
- Spill minicomic posted (from My Comics) (7/8/10)
- New Minicomic: “Arrival/Departure” (from My Comics) (7/2/10)
- Secret Prison #2 (from Comics) (6/22/10)
- Garo Manga Exhibit (from Manga) (6/15/10)
- David Markson RIP (from Literature) (6/7/10)
- Asterios Polyp: Word balloons, colors, etc. (from Comics) (5/31/10)
- Review of “20 Out of 30 Days” (from 30 Days of Comics, My Comics) (5/22/10)
- New Print Comic: 20 Out of 30 Days (from 30 Days of Comics, My Comics) (4/30/10)
- Mushishi for Manga Moveable Feast (from Manga) (4/29/10)
- 6th Blogiversary (from Announcements, Comics) (4/23/10)