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colomba_reyes's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
alexander0's review against another edition
3.0
While interesting and valuable, it commits itself strongly to theories of which I don't agree. For example, it claims images are linguistic in the Saussurian sense. Also it refuses to directly deny the concept of units in a clear way. Instead, it goes about in a meandering indirect way of saying 'signs appear not to exist in the comic data' when of course they don't if one follows Saussurian linguistics: they're mental images of language!
Yet this book borrows loosely from new materialist readings of images for affective purposes. While perhaps theoretically sound in of itself, I can't seem to find a use of this book in external spaces. I constantly find myself at ends with word choice, style of explanation, philosophical nuances, etc. This book is particularly important to comics, but outside of that space, it seems it has severe limitations everywhere.
Yet this book borrows loosely from new materialist readings of images for affective purposes. While perhaps theoretically sound in of itself, I can't seem to find a use of this book in external spaces. I constantly find myself at ends with word choice, style of explanation, philosophical nuances, etc. This book is particularly important to comics, but outside of that space, it seems it has severe limitations everywhere.
whitneyborup's review against another edition
3.0
I don't know who to blame for the prose, Groensteen or the translators. But the insights into form are helpful even when the sentences are run-ons.
karinkim55's review against another edition
- - čteno jako úkol do školy - -
Jsem na vážkách, jak toto ohodnotit. Jestli máte zájem studovat komiks, spíše by bylo lepší najít něco novějšího a v angličtině. Možná bych doporučila i něco aktuálnějšího?
Jestli jste ale omezeni pouze na český jazyk, tak se musíte připravit, že je to zbytečně složité.
Jsem na vážkách, jak toto ohodnotit. Jestli máte zájem studovat komiks, spíše by bylo lepší najít něco novějšího a v angličtině. Možná bych doporučila i něco aktuálnějšího?
Jestli jste ale omezeni pouze na český jazyk, tak se musíte připravit, že je to zbytečně složité.
gerolencia's review against another edition
3.0
“Reading a comic, I am here, then I am there, and this jump from one panel to the next (an optical and mental leap) is the equivalent of an electron that changes orbit.”
booksatlunch's review against another edition
4.0
This is a super fascinating book if you're interested in exploring comics on a deeper level. The intro was a little dense, and hard to read, but I enjoyed the rest of it.
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