Clear Line in Comics and Cinema

David Pinho Barros is a researcher, curator and assistant professor of literary, cultural and interart studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Clear Line ComicsOpening remarks Chapter 1: Hergé’s clear line From Totor to Tintin: Trace and narrative as constraints The clear line finds its Oriental history The clear line facing new formats Chapter 2: The clear line of the École de Bruxelles Edgar P. Jacobs’s naturalist clear line Between individuality and standardisation: Jacques Martin, Bob De Moor and Roger Leloup Chapter 3: The clear line after Tintin et les Picaros The postmodernist clear line: From Tante Leny presenteert! to (À Suivre) The neoclassical clear line: From Professor Palmboom to Blake and Mortimer 2.0 Philip, Francis and friends: Contemporary parodies and pastiches of the clear line Closing remarks Part Two: Clear Line Cinema Opening remarks Chapter 4: Cinema as a graphic-verbal medium Film’s media combination: A theoretical perspective Film’s media combination: An analytical perspective Film’s media combination: A stylistic perspective Chapter 5: Clear line cinema “Dire juste”: Density, simplicity and stylisation in cinema A few directions for a history of clear line cinema, from Louis Lumière to Wes Anderson Closing remarks Part Three: Case Studies Opening remarks 153Chapter 6: Yasujirô Ozu Ozu’s clear line frame composition and storytelling strategies Red teapot, yellow teacup: Clear line colouring in Ozu’s late films Chapter 7: Jacques Tati This fits here, that fits there: The clear line in the Hulot comedies Minimal sounds for maximal effects: Remarks on Tati’s clear line soundscapes Chapter 8: Frank Tashlin Tashlin’s clear line ink: Comics, advertisements and animation The clear line at the service of comedy in Tashlin’s feature films Closing remarks For a transmedial use of the concept of “clear line”: A conclusion Sources Notes

Perfect boek voor iedereen die bereid is zich wat meer te verdiepen in de negende kunst en voor iedereen die wel eens verrast wil worden door een schrijver die je af en toe even wat anders en beter laat kijken naar strips en films. Een aanrader.Holly Moors, Moors Magazine, dinsdag 20 september