Comic strips and theories of communication

Author

Watts, Richard J.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 5, p. 173-180, 5 ill.

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Aims to review the contribution made to the interpretation of comic strips by two theories of communication, the narrow semiotic model of information transference from sender to receiver by way of a conventional code and the model of non-demonstrable inference. Argues that the ability to make non-demonstrable inferences on the basis of information made manifest by the communicator (comic strip author/artist) is part of the imaginative capacity of any communicatee (comic strip reader) and that this is of particular importance in assessing the status of the comic strip as an art form.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration
• Comics
• 1900-2000
• Communication
• Theory
• Semiotics
• Imagination

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration
• Bande dessinée
• 1900-2000
• Communication
• Théorie
• Sémiotique
• Imagination

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418236

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