Comments on: I’m A Professional Cynic (But My Heart’s Not In It) http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2009/03/im-a-professional-cynic-but-my-hearts-not-in-it/ - the blog formerly known as bookish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karie http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2009/03/im-a-professional-cynic-but-my-hearts-not-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5600 Karie Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=1086#comment-5600 I'm not sure except I'm so used to giving text my outmost attention that the complex relationship between text and image in graphic novels just .. just throws me, you know? My eye automatically skips to the next bit of text beore I drag myself back to the image - and I'm not sure which I should focus on: image or text? Also, and this is me poking at how my brain works, I think I have pretty fixed ideas about books and paratextuality - and in my usual "bibliosphere", images are .. well, mostly epitextual elements being slipping into the book as elements-not-by-author (mostly, mostly). Graphic novels mess up my head, in other words. And, mainly, I think I'm slightly confounded because text and image are conflated.. I’m not sure except I’m so used to giving text my outmost attention that the complex relationship between text and image in graphic novels just .. just throws me, you know? My eye automatically skips to the next bit of text beore I drag myself back to the image – and I’m not sure which I should focus on: image or text?

Also, and this is me poking at how my brain works, I think I have pretty fixed ideas about books and paratextuality – and in my usual “bibliosphere”, images are .. well, mostly epitextual elements being slipping into the book as elements-not-by-author (mostly, mostly). Graphic novels mess up my head, in other words.

And, mainly, I think I’m slightly confounded because text and image are conflated..

]]> By: rhiannon http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2009/03/im-a-professional-cynic-but-my-hearts-not-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 rhiannon Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:57:42 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=1086#comment-5599 If I may ask, what do you find problematic about graphic novels as a medium? If I may ask, what do you find problematic about graphic novels as a medium?

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