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Képregények a technikai sokszorosíthatóság korszakában
Comics Entering the Digital Era

Author(s): Eszter Komornik
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Library and Information Science
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: comics; digitization; archive; medium; webcomics; new media;

Summary/Abstract: This essay is about comics entering the digital era. My main question is how the computerand the internet influenced the ways of making and the ways of distributing and archiving comics, starting with the separation of two subtypes: digitalized and webcomics. While its readability, integrity and originality became questionable, new instruments, devices and platforms gave new meaning to the dual narrative and the possibilities of the reader’s involvement. The preservation of our written heritage is inevitable, however it’s much more complicated when it comes to comics and its graphic elements – thus I’ll try to draw up a possible solution.

  • Issue Year: XI/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 115-123
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Hungarian