Comic Strips

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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
AI-generated comics aren't allowed.
Limit of two posts per person per day.
Bots aren't allowed.
Banned users will have their posts removed.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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submitted 5 days ago by leo@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

If you remove the art from the context, would it still mean the same to you?

Kinda depends on the artwork, right?

When you know that a Eric Clapton wrote "Tears in Heaven" for his dead 4-year-old son, it does hit different.

Picasso's Guernica also carries a lot of meaning from its context, in its anti-war message. The symbolism in the painting itself can be debated, but the context of time and place (and the author's chosen title) clearly conveys a message that war is horrible and that the specific bombing campaign on Guernica was cruel.

Filmmakers love long one-shot scenes not just because of the content itself, but also because of the technical feats required to actually make it.

The context can add quite a bit of meaning to art. It doesn't always, and often isn't intended to, but for a lot of artwork stripping away the context actually strips away some of the artistic value.