This edition of Thierry Groensteen's "The System of Comics"
makes available in English a groundbreaking work on comics by one
of the medium's foremost scholars. In this book, originally
published in France in 1999, Groensteen explains clearly the
subtle, complex workings of the medium and its unique way of
combining visual, verbal, spatial, and chronological expressions.
The author explores the nineteenth-century pioneer Rodolphe
Topffer, contemporary Japanese creators, George Herriman's Krazy
Kat, and modern American autobiographical comics.
The System of Comics uses examples from a wide variety of
countries including the United States, England, Japan, France, and
Argentina. It describes and analyzes the properties and functions
of speech and thought balloons, panels, strips, and pages to
examine methodically and insightfully the medium's fundamental
processes.
From this, Groensteen develops his own coherent, overarching
theory of comics, a "system" that both builds on existing studies
of the "word and image" paradigm and adds innovative approaches of
his own. Examining both meaning and appreciation, the book provides
a wealth of ideas that will challenge the way scholars approach the
study of comics. By emphasizing not simply "storytelling
techniques" but also the qualities of the printed page and the
reader's engagement, the book's approach is broadly applicable to
all forms of interpreting this evolving art.
Thierry Groensteen is a comics scholar and translator in
Brussels, Belgium. He is the author of "La bande dessinee: Une
litterature graphique" and "La construction de la cage," among
other books. Bart Beaty is associate professor of communication and
culture at the University of Calgary. Nick Nguyen is an archivist
at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario."
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