Issue 159 - Digital Version

ISSUE NO 159 (Nos 159-164) 1972/73 Cover Image by Claude Le Gallo Issue 159 of Graphis magazine is a special issue devoted to The Art of the Comic Strip. Articles include a Forward written by David Pascal; Antecedents and Definition of the Comic Strip, by Pierre Couperie; Echoes of Modern Art in the Comic Strip, by Pierre Couperie; Narrative Technique, by Claude Moliterni; Little Nemo - An Early Masterpiece of Comic-Strip Art, by Claude Moliterni; Comic Books, by Archie Goodwin & Gil Kane; Comics Variations, by Les Daniels; and a piece on Jules Feiffer by Jules Feiffer himself. CONTENTS 6 Editors' Note 6 David Pascal, New York: Foreword 8 Pierre Couperie, Paris: Antecedents and Definition of the Comic Strip 14 Pierre Couperie, Paris: Echoes of Modern Art in the Comic Strip 26 Claude Moliterni, Paris: Narrative Technique 44 Claude Moliterni, Paris: Little Nemo - An Early Masterpiece of Comic-Strip Art 52 Archie Goodwin + Gil Kane, N.Y.: Comic Books 62 Les Daniels, Providence: Comics Variations 76 Jules Feiffer, New York: Jules Feiffer VI Book Review