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Record Nr.

UNINA9910639896803321

Autore

Lesage Sylvain

Titolo

Ninth Art. Bande dessinée, Books and the Gentrification of Mass Culture, 1964-1975 / / by Sylvain Lesage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031170010

3031170016

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels, , 2634-6389

Disciplina

741.5944

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - Influence on mass media

Popular culture

European literature

Culture - Study and teaching

Comics Studies

Popular Culture

European Literature

Visual Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Barbarella: Inventing comics for adults (1964-1968) -- 3. Flash Gordon and the transatlantic construction of a ninth art heritage (1968) -- 4. Astérix and the million-copies comics industry (1966) -- 5. Sharks, pirates, and ghosts. Authorship and the challenge of transmedia storytelling (Tintin et le lac aux requins, 1973) -- 6. Alternative comics publishing: Futuropolis and the artification of comics publishing -- 7. The author as publisher: Claire Bretécher, Les Frustrés, 1975 -- 8. Casterman and the birth of the French-language graphic novel -- 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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, generatedcritical 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. .