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The Significance of Auteurs to Comics

Title:	The Significance of Auteurs to Comics
Creator:	Hunt, Jacob Paul
Publisher:	Atlanta, Ga. : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:	2013-05
Subject:	Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Sequential Art Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Sequential Art
Description:	Includes bibliographical references (p.19-20).
Abstract:	This thesis examines the role of auteurism in the ascendancy of comics into artistic legitimacy in the eyes of critics, academics, and the general public. Historical obstacles to this position are outlined, as well as circumstances by which these barriers were overcome. The preconceptions of critical and wider audiences in relation to auteurism are discussed, as well as auteurism as a motivating force for particular creators. Ultimately, this thesis argues that the work of comics auteurs has been essential to the medium’s appreciation as valid literature and artwork.
Contributor:	CHAIR: Schweizer, Chris Crystal, Shawn Dabbs, Douglas
Language:	English
Source:	Sequential Art
Type:	Text
Format:	PDF : 46 p. : ill
Rights:	Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.