Re: Will Eisner's "technical comics"

Hi Katherine,


As far as I know, Robert E. Horn was one the first one to put "around the
same table" the following "Systematizers and Analysts" of graphic language:

"Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics (1993) and Will Eisner's
Comics and Sequential Art (1985) are excellent analyses of one "dialect" of
visual language, the comic book. William Bowman (1968) produced an
important early taxonomy of graphic communication, while Michael
Twyman (1973) has provided an important analysis of how many types of
static information design direct eye movement."
(Information Design: Emergence of a New Profession, p. 19)

These are the references:

Bowman, William J. 1968. Graphic Communication. New York John Wiley.

Twyman, Michael A. 1979. Schema for the Study of Graphic Language. In The
Processing
of Visible Language P. A. Kolers, M. E. Wrolstad, and H. Bouma, eds. New
York: Plenum.

McCloud, Scott. 1993. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Northampton,
Mass.:
Kitchen Sink Press.



2008/7/17 Katherine Gillieson <[email protected]>:

> Hi José,
>
> Thanks for that link! its great to see this extensive collection online
> (only gripe is that it would be nice to see all the pages as spreads!)
>
> 'Comics and sequential art' ends with a section that includes 'Technical
> instruction comics' and 'Attitudinal instruction comics' -- so relevant, and
> so refreshingly different in its perspective (attitudinal instruction??)
>
> cheers
> Katherine
>
>
> p.s. i think this will go on the Information Design Association twitter
> feed! if anyone on this list twitters, our handle is <InfodesignUK>
>
>
> On 17 Jul 2008, at 15:15, Jose de Souza wrote:
>
> Tori,
>
> Like you, I really like Eisner's graphic novels ("The Building" is
> fantastic).
> But, as you might know, his non-fictional books are more relevant for
> information designers,  they are:
>
> Comics and Sequential Art
> http://www.willeisner.com/books/comics_sequential_art.html
>
> and
>
> Graphic Storytelling
> http://www.willeisner.com/books/graphic_storytelling.html
>
>
> JosÃ(c)
>
>
>
> Katherine Gillieson
> www.115.org.uk
> www.rdg.ac.uk/typography
>
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-- 
José Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD Student
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
The University of Reading

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