Graphic storytelling and visual narrative : principles and practices from the legendary cartoonist
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- ISBN: 9780393331271 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 039333127X (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 169 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 1996 with the title: Graphic storytelling. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | INTRODUCTION Comics as a Medium -- 1. THE STORY OF STORYTELLING -- 2. WHAT IS A STORY; The Function of a Story. -- 3. TELLING A STORY; Stories Told with Print; Stories Told with Imagery. -- 4. IMAGES AS NARRATIVE TOOLS; Stereotypical Images; Symbolism. -- 5. ALL KINDS OF STORIES; Telling Stories to Instruct; Telling a How-To Story; Telling the "Plotless" Story; Telling the Illustrated Story; Telling the Symbolic Story; Telling the Slice-of-Life Story; Telling A Life Story. -- 6. THE READER; Control of the Reader; Surprise, Shock and Reader Retention; Dialogue: The Reader as Actor; Reader vs. Dialogue; Dialogue vs. Image; Dialogue vs. Action; Lettering Dialogue; Story Momentum. -- 7. READER INFLUENCES; Reading Rhythm; The Influence of Film on Reading Comics; Film Sequence; Comics Sequence; How Comics Influence Film; National Influences. -- 8. IDEAS; What If? Let Me Tell You What Happened To; Next My Hero Is Thrown into the Following Adventure; Did You Hear the One About. -- 9. THE WRITING PROCESS; Writer vs. Graphic Translator; Afterword on Writing. -- 10. STORYTELLERS; The Short Short Plot; The One-Page Story; The Illustrator-Storyteller; The Totally Graphic Story. -- 11. ARTISTIC STYLE AND STORYTELLING; The Voice of The Storyteller; And the Storyteller Himself; The Marketplace; And, Finally, The Future. 12. COMICS AND THE INTERNET; The Infinite Canvas; FURTHER INFORMATION ON WEBCOMICS; OBSERVATIONS ON STORY; Joseph Campbell; Roger D. Abrahams; Ladislas Segy; E.H. Gombrich; Further Reading(p. 166); SCHOOLS OFFERING COURSES IN COMICS CREATION. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | PN 6710 E57 2008 (Text) | 26040002889448 | Main Collection | Not holdable | Lost | 2024-01-30 11:59pm |