The Aesthetics of Comics |
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Contents
CARICATURE OR REPRESENTING CAUSAL CONNECTION | 11 |
THE SPEECH BALLOON OR THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTING OTHER MINOS | 27 |
THE IMAGE SEQUENCE OR MOVING MODERNIST PICTURES | 47 |
WORDS AND PICTURES BOUND TOGETHER OR EXPERIENCING THE UNITY OF COMICS | 61 |
INTERPRETING COMICS | 75 |
THE CONTENT OF THE FORM OR SEEING PICTURES READING TEXTS VIEWING COMICS | 77 |
INTERPRETING A POPULIST ART FORM OR THE LIBERATING FORCE OF KRAZY KAT | 87 |
THE PLACE OF COMICS IN RELATION TO ART HISTORY | 105 |
POSTHISTORICAL ART OR COMICS AND THE REALM OF ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE | 107 |
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