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The graphic continuity between text and image in comics, where the letters are usually drawn by hand, are a well-known aspect of their fabric. American cartoonist Crockett Johnson’s Barnaby stands out for its marked use of a mechanic typeface. By studying the integration of Futura into a comic strip, this article addresses the question of typewritten text in comics both in stylistic and enunciative terms and in its functioning within an ...

In the 1970s, many libraries discard the physical copies of their newspapers after microfilming: the collector Bill Blackbeard assembled his archives by recuperating these undesirables, and opening a public institution dedicated to newspaper comics. This archive served as the basis for many reprints and new circulations, building a cultural memory for a particularly ephemeral medium. By turning to both the constitution and circulation of these ...