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In a genre in which temporal reference is essential to the process of giving veracity to the story, it is interesting to examine in what ways the narrative complexification in recent historical illustrated comics affects the graphic representation of time. Through a study of the processes of continuity (and discontinuity) as shown in the organization of elements on the page and in the episodic development of the story, the question is raised: does a particular view of History, inscribed in the dynamics of the text itself, give rise to the diversification of these procedures?
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Jean-Michel Bertoyas's oeuvre is composed primarily of self-published comics fanzines whose main traits are an art brut approach and a peculiar use of diversion and collage techniques. His case invites us to uphold and expand upon the many reflections initiated by the ACME research group on “comics in dissent” by looking more closely at the dynamics that characterize “wild publishing” in comics. Through a minor poetics, Bertoyas cultivates a particular position within the worlds of micro-publishing and fanzines as sites of resistance to the institutionalization and domestication of comics. An analysis of the material formats and circulation channels of his works, as well as their specific aesthetic and narrative qualities, will allow us to formulate a larger reflection on the relationships between fanzines and other forms of independent publishing in comics.
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This essay proposes the term “miss-representation” (travestissement) to describe the process whereby a given medium takes itself as subject while lying about itself, its uses and its techniques. This self-reflexive procedure is especially common in the domain of comics. Starting with the analysis of a famous drawing by Joost Swarte, the author comments on the main characteristics of miss-representation before moving on to examine the narrative hypothesis of a comic book hero self-aware of being a “professional hero”.
Keywords: Feintise, métalepse, acteur, conventions, imaginaire graphique, Pretense, Metalepsis, Actor, Conventions, Graphic Fantasy