Abstract comics are comics that combine concepts of visual abstraction with the traditional continuity of the comic strip.
A collection of abstract comics was brought together in the book ''Abstract Comics: The Anthology'' edited by Andrei Molotiu. The Danish publisher Fahrenheit published ''Nautilus'' by Molotiu and ''Reykjavik'' by Henrik Rehr, both abstract graphic novels, in 2009. Creators of abstract comics included in Molotiu's anthology include
Robert Crumb
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, Andrei Molotiu,
Patrick McDonnell
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,
Mark Badger
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, Henrik Rehr, Benoit Joly, Ibn Al Rabin (
''nom de plume'' of Mathieu Bailif),
Mark Staff Brandl
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, and
Gary Panter
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.
See also
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Abstract art
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Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th ...
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Alternative comics
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References
* Andrei Molotiu (ed.), ''Abstract Comics: The Anthology'' (Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2009).
* Jan Baetens, "Abstraction in Comics", ''SubStance'', vol. 40, no. 1, 2011, pp. 94–113.
* Roxana Marcoci, ''Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making'' (New York: MoMA, 2007).
* Aarnoud Rommens et al. (dir.), ''Abstraction and Comics/Bande dessinée et abstraction'' (Brussels: La Cinquième Couche/Presses universitaires de Liège, 2019).
External links
Abstraction in Comicsby Jan Baetens
Molotiu on Fantagraphics' ''Abstract Comics''at
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