Beyond the fixity of drawing: pictorical representation and visual narrative in graphic humor

Authors

  • Benjamim Picado Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2013.2.11982

Keywords:

Caricature, Graphic Humour, Visual Narrative.

Abstract

We intend to examine the relationships between the representation of actions and the fixed forms of designs, departing from a look upon the narratives potentialities of visual aspects of traditional daily strips: we are especially concerned with the complementarity between the stylistic traits of caricature - as a matrix for the design of characters – and the very narrative structure of visual gags – as a privileged model for the representation of actions proper to the comedic genres of narratives. In this perspective, the morphology of visual humor – symbolized by caricature – is best addressed once their humorous grace is considered as a part of the general problem of a "lacunar" mor "experssive" style of pictorial representation: the association of such a style with a poetic approach towards laughter in caricature is instrumental to the achievement of visual narrative.

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Author Biography

Benjamim Picado, Universidade Federal Fluminense

doutor em comunicacao e semiotica (puc-sp), professor do departamento de estudos culturais e midia, da universidade federal fluminense

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Published

2013-09-16

How to Cite

Picado, B. (2013). Beyond the fixity of drawing: pictorical representation and visual narrative in graphic humor. Revista FAMECOS, 20(2), 354–371. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2013.2.11982

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2013)

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Images

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