Information Comics

Information Comics can be found all over the world. They cover all kinds of topics, address all kinds of audience and reflect all kinds of text genres. This book offers an overview on standard structures, experimental designs and general trends. The comics are analysed according to their genre and narrative structure; the introductory chapters deal with picture design, verbal text in comics and word-picture relationships. The book also contains an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Autorentext

The Author: Heike Elisabeth Jüngst has a degree in Translation Studies (Diplom-Übersetzerin) and a doctoral degree from the University of Mainz (FASK, Germersheim). She completed her Habilitation at the University of Leipzig (IALT). She is currently Professor of Translation Studies at Würzburg University of Applied Sciences. Her areas of research are audiovisual translation, interpreting, experimental translation studies, comics and children s books.

Inhalt

Contents: Information transfer in the comics format - Using words and pictures for popularisation - Genres and narrative structures - Distribution - Translation of information comics.