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The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli

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This document discusses how comic book artists Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli use procedural rhetoric in their works. It references several of their comics and graphic novels, including Ghost World, Eightball #7, Wilson, and Asterios Polyp. Excerpts are also included from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud and Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware that discuss procedural rhetoric in comics.

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The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli Abram Fox University of Maryland abramfox@gmail.com abramfox.com
Scott McCloud Chris Ware Excerpt, Understanding Comics: The Excerpt, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Invisible Art, 1993 Kid on Earth, 2000
Daniel Clowes David Mazzucchelli Wilson Asterios Polyp 2010 2009
Jason Rohrer Screenshot from Passage 2008
Daniel Clowes Daniel Clowes Ghost World Eightball #7 1997 November, 1991
Daniel Clowes “Cute Dog,” p. 10 Wilson, 2010
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli
The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli

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The Color and the Shape: Procedural Rhetoric in Works by Daniel Clowes and David Mazzucchelli

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