Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Picture Stories
Articles

Beyond Linear: Time’s Evolution in the Picture Stories from Passionate Journey to Wild Pilgrimage to Here

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  • Lottie Segal
Image from a Frans Masereel novel: A man stands at the top of a library ladder, excitedly peering into a large book.

Published 2024-04-09

Keywords

  • graphic novel,
  • linear time,
  • flat time

How to Cite

Segal, L. (2024). Beyond Linear: Time’s Evolution in the Picture Stories from Passionate Journey to Wild Pilgrimage to Here. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 1(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/15

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Abstract

From near complete linear time to the complete abandonment of it, graphic novels have always played with time. An understanding of the dynamics of nonlinear time is necessary to understand the graphic novel. By looking at picture stories over time, the destruction of linear time can be seen in how various artists confront the problem of images’ relationship to time and ultimately come to embrace it. 

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