The System of Comics

by Thierry Groensteen, Bart Beaty (Translator), Nick Nguyen (Translator)

Overview

An authoritative exploration of how the comics achieve meaning, form, and function

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604736939
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	01/06/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	188
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Thierry Groensteen is a comics scholar and translator in Brussels, Belgium. He is the author of La bande dessinee: Une littarature 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword     vii
Introduction     1
The Spatio-Topicol System     24
Restrained Arthrology: The Sequence     103
General Arthrology: The Network     144
Conclusion     159
Notes     165
Index     179