Tradition of Consistent Visual Narration in the USA: Stages, Genres, Poetics

Abstract

In the article by Maria Skaf explores the phenomenon of visual sequential narrative in the United States. It examines the history of visual literature, stages of development of sequential genres, such as comics and graphic novel and the influence of sequential genres on children’s literature.   Keywords: visual literature, comics, comix, graphic novel, sequential art, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Winsor McCay