Mise en scene, Acting, and Space in Comics Geraint D'Arcy 9783030511128

This book explores some of the less frequently questioned ideas which underpin comics creation and criticism. "Mise en scene" is a term which refers to the way in which visual elements work together to create meaning in comics. It is a term that comics have borrowed from cinema, which borrowed it in turn from theatre. But comics are not film and they are not cinema, so how can this term be of any use? If we consider comics to have mise en scene, should not we also ask if the characters in comics act like the characters on film and stage? In its exploration of these ideas, this book also asks what film and theatre can learn from comics.


About the Author

Geraint D'Arcy is a practising scenographer, and the author of Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design (2019). A Lecturer in Media practice at the UEA, Norwich, he previously worked at USW, Cardiff, where he helped establish the bi-annual Creative Comics, Creating Comics symposium.

Book Information
ISBN 9783030511128
Author Geraint D'Arcy
Format Hardback
Page Count 136
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Series Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Weight(grams) 454g