Theory essay: Untangling Comics

Doc MacDougal · Post by **Doc MacDougal** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:25 pm

http://www.borealism.com/essays.html

Untangling Comics, my undergrad thesis is available on-line now. It picks up a paradigm from film theory and applies it to comics. I think it covers a lot of ground and I hope it does a reasonably good job doing so.

However, it's pretty long (printed out, it was 43 pages or so). If you don't have the time/energy to read it, maybe you will have an opportunity to come by the Comic Arts Conference at the San Diego Comic-Con, where I'll be presenting a paper based on one chunk of this thesis.

But I'd be very interested to hear what people think. I've been working on this in near-isolation for 5 months, so it would be good to get feedback from other theory wonks.

Cheers.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:49 pm

Looks like it would be a good read. I'll check it out.

William G · Post by **William G** » Fri May 21, 2004 2:59 pm

Where's the cute avatar of yourself guiding us through this work?

Doc MacDougal · Post by **Doc MacDougal** » Sat May 22, 2004 10:29 pm

Unfortunately, it looks as though my cute cartoon avatar won't be available.

William G · Post by **William G** » Sun May 23, 2004 1:28 am

Well, his death brought me joy, so I guess it was all worth it.