„GUCK DOCH, WAS DU SAGST“ – COMIC-TEXT IM UND ALS BILD AM BEISPIEL VON NIKOLAJ DODOVS DARKO
LOOK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING – TEXT WITH AND AS IMAGE IN NIKOLAY DODOV’S DARKO

Summary/Abstract: In the integral medium of the comic, the interaction of image and text creates complex signs that cannot be deciphered by perceiving both aspects separately. I demonstrate this with examples from Nikolaj Dodov's Darko, a Bulgarian comic from the early 1980s. The use of the speech bubble as iconic and textual, iconographic features of script and the use of onomatopoeia are examined. The medium’s characteristics allow for a perception of words ‘similar’ to their meaning in a synaesthetic fashion. I consider the special status of text as part of the image and its realisation through iconic, symbolic and pictorial signs.

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