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the right of the people peaceably to assemble: an image-text sequence by Chris Gavaler

Chris Gavaler

The image-text sequence “the right of the people peaceably to assemble” combines digitally manipulated photography, graphic design, and found language in a hybrid form that suits the technical definition of comics while violating comics’ conventions and connotations. The eight-piece sequence is part of a larger book-length project, Words Fail.

assemble - Chris Gaveler
assemble
Pussy Riot - Chris Gaveler
Pussy Riot
Black Lives Matter - Chris Gaveler
Black Lives Matter
SHUT UP - Chris Gaveler
SHUT UP
My Pussy My Rules - Chris Gaveler
My Pussy My Rules
FEMEN - Chris Gaveler
FEMEN
POLICE - Chris Gaveler
POLICE
You have the right to remain silent - Chris Gaveler
You have the right to remain silent
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Chris Gavaler

Chris Gavaler is an associate professor of English at W&L University, where he serves as comics editor of Shenandoah. He has published two novels: School for Tricksters (SMU 2011) and Pretend I’m Not Here (HarperCollins 2002); and four books on comics: On the Origin of Superheroes (Iowa 2015), Superhero Comics (Bloomsbury 2017), Superhero Thought Experiments (with Nathaniel Goldberg, Iowa 2019), and Creating Comics (with Leigh Ann Beavers, Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2020). His sequential art appears in Redivider, Split Lip, The Ilanot Review, Aquifer, Hair Trigger 2.0, Sonder Review, Two Cities Review, and Sequentials.

Author: Chris Gavaler Tags: mixed-media Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry July 19, 2019

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