Defining digital comics: a British Library perspective
Authors
Aggleton, Jen
Publication Date
2019-07-04Journal Title
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
ISSN
2150-4857
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
393-409
Language
en
Type
Article
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Aggleton, J. (2019). Defining digital comics: a British Library perspective. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 10 (4), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2018.1503189
Abstract
This article presents a working definition of digital comics for the specific context of the British Library. It explores formal and sociocultural characteristics of digital comics as well as the sociocultural issues surrounding comics collections at national libraries. The article argues for the value of flexible working definitions over formal definitions, and explores the problematic issue of definitional authority at a national institution such as the British Library. The article defines what distinguishes a digital comic from a print comic, and explores visual, functional and sociocultural features of digital comics before presenting a flexible, composite working definition of a digital comic. This definition is presented in the spirit of an instrumental case study with the aim of helping to inform other context-specific working definitions of digital comics.
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ESRC
Funder references
ESRC (1652536)
Embargo Lift Date
2100-01-01
Identifiers
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2018.1503189
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/282965
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