Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-11-2012
Publication Title
Pencil Panel Page
Abstract
One of my favorite webcomics is Wondermark, by David Malki !. What fascinates me about the strip is how mundane, ordinary elements get combined with unexpected elements to create a strong sense of the absurd, the fantastic(al), and the unreal. Generally, the physical setting of the strip is Dickensian, often involving not much more than two or three characters in a library, parlor, or dining room. Occasionally, the characters will interact in a scientific laboratory or public place, like on a street corner. Often it’s the language of the strip that creates the absurd. The characters broach topics that make little sense or, more accurately, stretch the very fabric of logic and sense to highly skewed proportions.
In strip #682, “Monkey Box and its ilk,” two characters are involved in what seems to be an ordinary conversation.
Recommended Citation
Bramlett, Frank, "How Do the Absurd and the Realistic Blend in Comic Strips?" (2012). English Faculty Publications. 33.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/englishfacpub/33
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