Graphic literature
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Graphic literature
OR:
Graphic literature on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

In
comics studies Comics studies (also comic art studies, sequential art studies or graphic narrative studies) is an academic field that focuses on comics and sequential art. Although comics and graphic novels have been generally dismissed as less relevant pop cul ...
, sequential art is a term proposed by comics artist Will Eisner Will Eisner, '' Comics and Sequential Art'', Poorhouse Press, 1990 (1st ed.: 1985), p. 5. to describe
art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
forms that use images deployed in a specific order for the purpose of graphic storytellingWill Eisner, '' Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative'', W. W. Norton, 2008 (1st. ed.: Poorhouse Press, 1996), "Introduction: Comics as a Medium." (i.e.,
narration Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...
of graphic stories) or conveying information. The best-known example of sequential art is comics.


Etymology

The term "sequential art" was coined in 1985 by comics artist Will Eisner in his book '' Comics and Sequential Art''. Eisner analyzed this form into four elements: design, drawing, caricature, and writing.
Scott McCloud Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod; June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics: ''Understanding Comics'' (1993), '' Reinventing Comics'' (2000), and '' Making Comics'' (20 ...
, another comics artist, elaborated the explanation further, in his books ''
Understanding Comics ''Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art'' is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. It explores formal aspects of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in ...
'' (1993) and '' Reinventing Comics'' (2000). In ''Understanding Comics'', he notes that the movie roll, before it is being projected, arguably could be seen as a very slow comic. Related terms include:
visual narrative A visual narrative (also visual storytelling) is a story told primarily through the use of visual media. The story may be told using still photography, illustration, or video, and can be enhanced with graphics, music, voice and other audio. Overv ...
, graphic narrative, pictorial narrative, sequential narrative, sequential pictorial narrative,Aaron Meskin and Roy T. Cook (eds.), ''The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach'', Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, p. xxx. sequential storytelling,Carole Ann Moleti
"Graphic Literature: A Blend of Genre, Medium, and Form: An International Survey of Graphic Literature"
''The Internet Review of Science Fiction'', June 2008. graphic literature, sequential literature, and narrative illustration. The related term sequential sculpture has also been used.Cf. Elaine H. Kim and Chungmoo Choi (eds.), ''Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism'', Routledge, 2012, p. 6: " ong SoonMin's ... visual essay, "Mother Load," features the '' bojagi'' wrapping cloth... The first two parts of this sequential sculpture refer to the past and present of ... Korea."


See also

* Bayeux Tapestry * ''
Biblia pauperum The (Latin for "Paupers' Bible") was a tradition of picture Bibles beginning probably with Ansgar, and a common printed block-book in the later Middle Ages to visualize the typological correspondences between the Old and New Testaments. Unlike ...
'' *
Glossary of comics terminology developed specialized terminology. Some several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is u ...
*
Multiliteracy Multiliteracies is a term coined in the mid-1990s by the New London GroupThe New L ...
* Photo comics and
photo-romance The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theoris ...
* Sequart Organization *
Sequence (filmmaking) In film, a sequence is a series of scenes that form a distinct narrative unit, which is usually connected either by a unity of location or a unity of time. For example, a heist film might include an extended recruitment sequence in which the leade ...
*
Trajan's Column Trajan's Column ( it, Colonna Traiana, la, Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Ap ...
*
Visual literacy Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text. Visual literacy ...
*
Bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sequential Art Comics terminology Visual arts