Comicalités (Nov 2018)
Genre et légitimité dans l’édition de bande dessinée – partie 1
Abstract
The genres have often been discredited in the literary world. What is their real influence in comics? The analysis of journals and collections of albums shows that the genre, both in the post-war periodicals and in the current collections, is only used by publishers who are in a unfavorable position on the market (often the latest arrivals) and is mostly rejected by those who want to promote comics as a legitimate art. Genre is used either to build audience loyalty or allow the development of new publishers, but mostly avoided in order to allow a greater qualification of some artworks.
