Comics story telling: The use of timing to win the readers

Authors

  • Alexandra Presser Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Programa de Pós-graduação em Design.
  • Larissa Schlögl FURB - Universidade Regional de Blumenau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ver.2015.29.70.04

Abstract

Comic books are still poorly academically explored in Brazil. For this reason, this article aims at understanding what generates the involvement of the reader with graphic novels (comics). We assume that the narrative success lies on the proper use of timing, crucial comic’s feature, based on the complicity between what the author tells and what the readers interpret. An analysis of different techniques for using timing, the use of gap, and the different forms of frame transitions will be made, looking for a more comprehensive understanding of the topic. Through a case study of an exploratory nature, and to accomplish the proposed objective, a theoretical argument will be built primarily in the authors Will Eisner (2010, 2013), Scott Mc- Cloud (2005, 2006, 2008) and Paulo Ramos (2012), renowned authors in the field, among others.

Keywords: comics, timing, story telling, closure.

Author Biographies

Alexandra Presser, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Programa de Pós-graduação em Design.

Graduação em Comunicação Social - Publicidade e Propaganda pela FURB - Universidade Regional de Blumenau. Pós-graduação em Design Gráfico, Comunicação e Tecnologia pela UNIASSELVI de Blumenau. Mestranda em Design pela UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

Larissa Schlögl, FURB - Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Graduação em Comunicação Social - Publicidade e Propaganda pela FURB - Universidade Regional de Blumenau. Mestre em Comunicação e Linguagens pela Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (Curitiba/Brasil).

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Published

2015-01-12

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 70: Year XXIX - 2015/1

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