EAN: 9783031170034

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS ...

In France  comics are commonly referred to as the ninth art. What does it mean to see comics as
art? This book looks at the singular status of comics in the French cultural landscape. Bandes
dessinées have long been published in French newspapers and magazines. In the early 1960s  a
new standard format emerged: large hardback books  called albums. Albums played a key role in
the emergence of the ninth art and its acceptance among other forms of literary narrative. From
Barbarella in 1964 to La Ballade de la mer salée in 1975  from Astérix and its million copies
to Tintin and its screen versions  within the space of just a few years the comics landscape
underwent a deep transformation. The album opened up new ways of creating  distributing  and
reading bandes dessinées. This shift upended the market  transformed readership  initiated new
transmedia adaptations  generated critical discourse  and gave birth to new kinds of comics
fandom. These transformations are analysed through a series of case studies  each focusing on a
noteworthy album. By retracing the publishing and critical history of these classic bandes
dessinées  this book questions the blind spots of a canon based on the album format and
uncovers the legitimisation processes that turned bande dessinée into the ninth art.

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