%0 Thesis %A Mutard, Bruce %D 2017 %T Words into pictures %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Words_into_pictures/4657651 %R 10.4225/03/58a51675312f0 %K Visual arts %K ethesis-20150909-101316 %K 1959.1/1211615 %K Comics %K Graphic novels %K thesis(masters) %K monash:161319 %K Reader %K 2014 %K Restricted access %X Comics, also commonly called graphic novels, graphic narratives, graphic stories and sequential art to name a few, suggest an uncertainty about its definition. I define comics by what I believe is its chief signifier, juxtaposed narrative images, but what does it mean to say this? I aim to explore this by producing a work specifically for a gallery space, which may highlight the disparities and commonalities in the methodologies and modes of encounter between comics and the visual arts, specifically the concept of reading. I make reference to narrative fresco cycles as a source and comparison. From this, I propose some properties that can be extrapolated to any work that uses images in juxtaposition that contain recognisably identical elements such as figures and ground. Comics' images generate within a reader a sense of time occurring, and a 'feel' for a place-key components of narrative. This 'reading' generates an immersion in the depicted images, principally through developing a relationship between the reader and the characters similar to that between people, primarily by utilising two visual languages we use every day: facial expressions and body language. This is an intersection where the literary arts merge with the visual in a distinct way. %I Monash University