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The Shooting: A Cautionary Tale

McDevitt, Michael David
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6402-8836
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431008737

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2015, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
The Shooting is a multi-media installation that uses strategies gleaned from comics to present a cautionary tale about juvenile delinquency. While the story itself has a linear sequence, it is told through images and comics embedded throughout a simulated domestic interior. In order to animate the work, the viewer must step into the stage-like set of The Shooting and participate directly in assembling the story that is at its core. In this paper, I discuss the context of The Shooting, paying particular attention to the ways in which comics and art intersect. I draw a distinction between the terms “cartoon,” which I use to describe a simplified style of drawing, and “comics,” which I use to describe a way of functioning. Using this as a guideline, I examine connections between the work of fine artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Cornell, and Ida Applebroog, and comic artists, particularly Chris Ware. I also discuss narrative structure of The Shooting, which utilizes the literary device of a frame narrative. After discussing selected details of the installation, I examine two works that led to The Shooting and consider several possible directions for subsequent work.
George Rush (Advisor)
Laura Lisbon (Committee Member)
Todd Slaughter (Committee Member)
70 p.
Fine Arts
installation; painting; comics; cartoon; narrative

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  • McDevitt, M. D. (2015). The Shooting: A Cautionary Tale [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431008737

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McDevitt, Michael. The Shooting: A Cautionary Tale. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431008737.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McDevitt, Michael. "The Shooting: A Cautionary Tale." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431008737

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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