All Narrators are Unreliable: Comics and the Depiction of the Psyche
Series: Essay
Summary: Comics’ lack of objectivity, and their ability to visually mash physical and psychological realities together, make them great for depicting the mind.
Word Count: 2800
Notes: A rough transcription of a lecture I gave to Hillary Chute’s Graphic Medicine course at Northeastern University on April 14, 2022 and originally posted for my Patreon folks in... May? Includes images with foul language, Japanese homophobic slang, and naked girls, but nothing worse than you’d see in an art museum. Images are included as illustration, not endorsement.
( Soooo many images behind the cut. )
Series: Essay
Summary: Comics’ lack of objectivity, and their ability to visually mash physical and psychological realities together, make them great for depicting the mind.
Word Count: 2800
Notes: A rough transcription of a lecture I gave to Hillary Chute’s Graphic Medicine course at Northeastern University on April 14, 2022 and originally posted for my Patreon folks in... May? Includes images with foul language, Japanese homophobic slang, and naked girls, but nothing worse than you’d see in an art museum. Images are included as illustration, not endorsement.
( Soooo many images behind the cut. )