Reading comics for the field of International Relations: Theory, method and the Bosnian War
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| Acknowledgements Earlier versions of this article have been presented at seminars in the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, at the International Studies Association’s Annual Conference in New Orleans, 18–21 February 2015, and at the British International Studies Association’s Annual Conference in London, 16–19 June 2015. I wish to thank fellow panelists, discussants and audiences on those occasions for their valuable criticism and questions. I am particularly grateful to the following for their detailed feedback the two anonymous reviewers, the editors of the European Journal of International Relations, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Kristoffer Kjærgaard Christensen, Simone Molin Friis, Bertel Teilfeldt Hansen, Megan H. MacKenzie, Iver B. Neumann, Kitt Plinia Nielsen, Karen Lund Petersen, Nick Robinson, Alexei Tsinovoi, He Wei, Michael C. Williams, Anders Wivel and Marysia Zalewski, as well as to Katrine Emilie Andersen, Sari Youssef Saadi and Johan Spanner for comments and excellent research assistance. Funding Research for this article was carried out as part of the project on Images and International Security funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research — Social Sciences, Grant number DFF — 1327-00056B. 604 European Journal of International Relations 23(3) Notes 1. See http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/19/education.highereducation (accessed 29 March 2016). 2. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, ‘METAMAUS by Art Spiegelman’. Available at http:// knopfdoubleday.com/2011/09/20/metamaus-by-art-spiegelman/ (accessed 7 July 2015). 3. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfrRA5AHfco (accessed 23 March 2016). 4. A frequently noted example is how George Lucas’s Star Wars plagiarized Mézières’s drawings for Valérian et Laureline (Gabilliet, 2010: 349). See also an interview with Pierre Christian, the writer on the series, available at http://www.europecomics.com/a-model-for- star-wars/ (accessed 23 March 2016). 5. All three comics are available as freestanding works one expansion of this study would be to include representations of the Bosnian War in newspaper strips and editorial cartoons (Dodds, 1998). The three comics discussed in this article are also written, drawn and coloured by one person these functions are frequently distributed between two or three people, or even a team 6. Email correspondence with Strip Art Features, 13 February 2015, and Dupuis, 18 February 2015. 7. Translations of Sarajevo Tango and Le Sommeil du Monstre from French to English are mine 8. The photo made Arkan issue a death warrant on Haviv, stating in public that he [Arkan] looked forward to the day he could drink my blood (Haviv, 2000: 189). 9. Johan Spanner, a photojournalist with extensive experience covering armed conflicts, points out that Hermann’s remediation of Haviv’s photo leaves out how Arkan’s men have taped together their ammunition magazines in pairs, one facing down, so as to have the double amount of rounds at the ready. To the trained eye, this would indicate a combat-proven unit, rather than your standard conscription-soldier outfit This is most visibly the case with the soldier on the furthest left. This omission paradoxically detracts from the menacing, professional representation of Serbian soldiers. Johan Spanner, email communication, 2 February 2015. 10. Bande dessinée is the term used for comics in the francophone context. Email correspondence with Humanoids, 21 March 2016. See also http://www.humanoids. com/album/122#.VZuX2U0w-Um (accessed 12 July 2015). 12. See http://next.liberation.fr/livres/1998/09/24/bilal-apocalypse-nikeun-heros-hypermnesique-une- secte-toute-puissante-qui-tire-sur-tout-ce-qui-pense_246637 (accessed 29 March 2016). 13. It seems as if only the first three volumes have been translated into English, published as The Beast Trilogy, Chapter 1 and 2 (2004). 14. See http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/people-keep-sharing-pictures-of-tin-tin-crying- in-response-t#.isL0xGvQL (accessed 23 March 2016). Download 1.29 Mb. Share with your friends:
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