Pure formalist fun from one of American comics' most inventive minds, <i>99 Ways to Tell a Story</i> is a smart and funny exploration of comics' many layers
- Scott McLoud, author of Understanding Comics,
Delightful, intriguing and compelling. 9<i>9 Ways to Tell a Story</i> is a zany masterpiece that reads like a convergence of Robert Louis Stevenson, Italo Calvino and Action Comics
- Harry Mathews,
A series of engrossing one page comics that tells the same story ninety nine different ways Matt Madden's 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a series of one-page comics that tell the same story in a variety of waysInspired by Raymond Queneau's 1947 work of the same title, which told a simple story in ninety-nine different styles and genres - haiku, sonnet, book jacket blurb - Madden does the same but in different styles of comics - Marvel superhero, R. Crumb, Hergé, even as a map or the Bayeux Tapestry. Or he uses varying points of view, visual and verbal parodies, even radical reshuffling of the elements of the story. The result is funny, inspiring, and genuinely clever. ‘Delightful, intriguing and compelling. 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a zany masterpiece that reads like a convergence of Robert Louis Stevenson, Italo Calvino and Action Comics’ Harry Mathews
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Presents a series of one-page comics that tell the same story in a variety of ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's 1947 work, which told a simple story in ninety-nine different styles and genres, this work uses varying points of view, visual and verbal parodies, even reshuffling of the elements of the story.
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A series of one-page comics that tell the same story in a variety of ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's 1947 work of the same title.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780224079259
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
190 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter