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  • Time bending

    • March 9, 2019
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      A fundamental, and fascinating, quality of any narrative, but especially one that incorporates a visual element, is the manipulation of time.  Unlike objective time, which is classically a constant and unidirectional phenomenon (at least at the human experience of reality) time in a graphic novel is much more flexible.  It is reflective, in a
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  • The hunter and the hunted – the script

    • February 2, 2019
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      In a recent blog we discussed the first meeting between Casanova and The Southerner.  Well here’s an extract from the script for the scene above that Kev used as the basis for the drawing.  Once Dave has written the script, Kev doesn’t have to follow it but can play around with it to his
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  • The hunter and the hunted

    • December 29, 2018
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    In the opening chapter of ‘Casanova in Paris’ each of the scenes revolves around either Casanova or The Southerner, two of the central protagonists of the story, although neither are present together in any particular scene.  These juxtapositions set up an expectation on the part of the audience that the paths of the characters are
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