The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema : A Transmedial Approach PDF

by Pinho Barros David Pinho Barros

Part of the Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels series

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Historical and theoretical analysis of the "clear line" style in comics and cinema
The â€œclear lineâ€, a term coined in 1977 by Dutch essayist and artist Joost Swarte, has become shorthand in the field of comics studies for the style originally developed by HergÃ© and the Ã‰cole de Bruxelles. It refers to certain storytelling strategies that generate a deceptively simple, lucid and hygienic narration: in Philippe Marionâ€™s words, it is a style â€œmade out of light, fluidity and limpid clarityâ€.

By cataloguing and critically analysing clear line comics from historical and theoretical perspectives, this book offers a new outlook on the development of the style in the 20th and 21st centuries, especially focused on the context of the European bande dessinÃ©e. In addition, it pioneeringly expands the concept of â€œclear lineâ€ to other artistic domains by introducing and defending its transmedial use, which is particularly relevant for the understanding of the oeuvres of certain filmmakers of the 20th century working in the postwar period, such as YasujirÃ´ Ozu in Japan, Jacques Tati in France and Frank Tashlin in the United States. The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema is therefore a key theoretical work for both bande dessinÃ©e enthusiasts and comics scholars, as well as a fundamental contribution to present-day film studies and transmedial narratology.

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