Comix Zone: An electronic comics between videogame and comics

Authors

  • José Antônio Loures Instituto de Artes - UNB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2017.193.12

Abstract

This article defines the game Comix Zone as an electronic comic. An intermedia product, found between video games and comics. It discusses the hybrid features presented in the game and analyzes it within the parameters that can define it as an electronic comic. It also compares the development of the game with the independent production of comics and the relationship between the production of indie games and the experimentalism presented in Comix Zone.

Keywords: games, comics, electronic comics, intermedia.

Author Biography

José Antônio Loures, Instituto de Artes - UNB

Artista multimídia, doutorando e bolsista CAPES no Programa de Pós-graduação em Arte – UNB. Mestre em Arte e Cultura Visual pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte e Cultura visual – UFG. Bacharel em Artes Visuais pela Faculdade de Artes Visuais – UFG. Minha pesquisa se volta para a gamearte e suas variações, tanto analógicas e digitais.

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Published

2017-12-30

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2017): september/december

Section

Articles

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