Diskussion:Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative

Vet någon något mer om den här boken? Jag är nyfiken på hur den färdigställdes då Eisner redan varit död i tre år. Wakuran 16. apr 2010, 03:39 (CEST)

Jag hittade litet mer info på den här sidan: [1]

Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative is the newest book, expanded from a chapter in the first book. Eisner had been working on it before his passing in 2005, so Peter Poplaski, an Eisner collaborator, finished it, as explained in Kitchen’s Editor’s Note. To quote from Eisner’s Introduction:

… it is my belief that the function of human anatomy, with an emphasis on its role in the process of emotion and 
intent, has been sorely neglected by young artists learning the practices of comics and sequential art. This book
aims to remedy that neglect by providing a basic guide of body grammar for the depiction of people as characters and
their manipulation as actors in the service of a drama. …

This book begins with the mechanical construction of the human figure in common positions using common gestures. Then, examples of emotion and reaction drawn from personal observation are added.

After seeing so many story pages in previous books, it’s a bit of a switch to open this volume and see page after page of skeletons and musculature. Based on this material, Eisner prioritized gesture and posture to convey visual impact and emotion over text content. Much of the book is a gallery of samples, whether expressions to show feeling (often exaggerated, so they’d be understood by the reader without words) or anatomical diagrams. Additional chapters focus on other artists, including George Bridgeman’s anatomical building blocks; Charles Dana Gibson’s expressive cartoons; Jack Kirby’s forceful, powerful heroes; and Rudolph Topffer’s facial studies.

Wakuran 16. apr 2010, 18:52 (CEST)

Storartet! Det må vi have oversat (i hovedtræk) og sat ind i artiklen! Benadikt 16. apr 2010, 19:49 (CEST)