Principles and resources of narrative continuity in super-hero comics seriality

Authors

  • João Senna Teixeira Doutor Em comunicação pelo Programa de Pós Graduação em Comunicação e Cultura Contemporanêas da UFBA
  • Maria Carmem Jacob De Souza Faculdade de Comunicação, UFBA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2019.213.11

Abstract

This paper aims to present the concept of narrative continuity as a central component for understanding a mode of seriality primarily explored in super-hero comics. To this end, we define continuity as a logical need between narrative elements present in two or more instances of the same storyworld, which can only be understood through a posterior triggering of such knowledge in continuous processes of reading and appreciating of the serial format – especially those structured in the mode of a saga. Later on, the paper explains why continuity is a central concept in super-hero comics and also its various analytical applications.

Keywords: Comics. Continuity. Seriality.

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Published

2019-11-05

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Vol. 21 No. 3 (2019): September/December

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