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Titolo: mini-comics and personal vision

mini-comics and personal vision 
Is it possible for any art to present one personal vision? Even if
someone writes a short story, prints up copies of it at Kinko's, and
sells it on the street, with no involvement from anyone else, there is
no guarantee that when it is read by someone other than the author,
that the authors original vision will be seen. In fact, there is a
strong guarantee that the view of the reader will be very different
from that originally conceived when the words were put to pen. The
same goes for painting, music, and any other form of artwork.
And this is on the most basic level. Personal vision cannot be
communicated even when one person creates something on their own. When
other people enter into the creative process, all of their original
personal visions for the project become increasingly vague and
undefinable. This is not to say that collaboration is not a viable
form of art, but the fact that personal vision becomes co-opted is
undeniable.
Perhaps the question that needs answering first is, can someone truly
create art on their own, without any one else's involvement? Mediums
such as film are out, for obvious reasons. Music is pretty much
limited to street performers (and I feel bad writing it off this way.
Street performers do present a personal vision, but that's a whole
other column). Painting and prose remain, but are still limited for
the reasons listed in the first paragraph. (Painting perhaps achieves
personal vision more often than anything else, but a single static
image in bound to be misinterpreted by everyone except the
painter..and perhaps there in lies the beauty. Still, the topic at
hand is personal vision). 
So, using the definition that personal vision can be achieved in art
that is created by one individual and able to present a viewpoint to
another individual, is it realistic to expect personal vision from any
work of art? 
Well, no, if you limit your definition of art to the one's already
discussed. Of course, if you consider comics as an art form, then you
have perhaps the closest example to an art that can achieve this
illusive trait. 
First of all, we must establish that if this is to be done in comic
form, it cannot be accomplished in the form most mainstream comics are
assembeled - a separate individual does every task, creating a staff
complete with a writer, a peniciller, an inker, a letterer, an editor,
and of course a publisher. Of course, for personal vision to be
achieved this would be a comic written and illustrated by one person,
and published by that person as well. Believe it or not, this type of
comic does exist. 
They are most commonly referred to as mini-comic's, mainly due to the
fact that most comics published in this way are by people who only
have enough money to print a comic in black and white, and a great
deal smaller than a traditional comic, to save money. Of course, many
people choose this format because they prefer the aesthetic, John
Porcellino being a prime example. And before I get thousand e-mails
from people calling me a moron, let me just acknowledge that I know
most (not all) mini-comics are shit. Keep in mind, it's the potential
of the form I'm interested in. In fact, I'm not just interested in it
- I'm in love with it.
Comics are already the most intimate form of narration. The artist
makes a mark on a piece of paper, and the reader sees this mark. The
connection between creator and reader is fascinating, since a personal
vision is being transferred from one person to another. While some
might say the same goes for prose or painting, I disagree. First of
all, comics combine narration and pictures, thereby limiting
misinterpretation. Also, prose is taking an idea, and transferring it
into words, which is filtering it through a series of symbols,
immediately lessening the connection. Painting also suffers, because
without narration and juxtaposition, painting is open to wide
misinterpretation. As I said earlier though, therein lies the charm.
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Veneratore assoluto della Nutella ("che mondo sarebbe senza Nutella?")
e adoratore del vero (unico) distruttore-benefattore dell'umanità Franken
Von Vogler.

Von Vogler.
ma 'sto tipo chi e' che sarebbe?
 Corsara

 ma 'sto tipo chi e' che sarebbe?
Uhmmm... "Tragedia di Vashtal" dice niente? E "Giant Robo"? :DD

Uhmmm... "Tragedia di Vashtal" dice niente? E "Giant Robo"? :DD
per la verita' ne sono meno di prima..:o)))
 Corsara

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 per la verita' ne sono meno di prima..:o)))
Allora, guarda, fa' una cosa bella: fatti del bene e trova qualcuno che ti
presti le vhs di Giant Robo. Non ne resterai delusa. Se poi interessa, ho
la colonna sonora esegiuta dall'Orchestra Filarmonica di Varsavia(mica
pizza e fichi... :D) in mp3.
Ah, gia', ci sarebbe anche sulla kame, ma a quanto mi si dice pare sia
nuovamente down.


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