The liminal narrative in temporal reality of sequential art forms

Resumo

This study explores the effects liminality on sequential narrative works. Liminality exists in both spatial and temporal dimensions as well as in sequential art forms. As such, the idea of transition can be explored through time, place, and character. In the case of live-action media, liminality can be either overt or unseeable. This idea is explored through André Bazin’s idea of objective reality, wherein, real work physical or living objects carry with them an undeniable physical presence that exists outside of the sometimes-fictional narrative of visual works. Within this article, the temporal aspect of liminality is explored through the transitional effects the very construction of narrative through subsequent effects on character, art design and the process used to construct the work. The effects of liminality are not contained solely in the work itself. Moreover, the very reading of this work is subject to a wide range of fluctuations in interpretation from the ever-changing perspective of the spectator. This article contrasts the effects of liminality on the objectively real and argues a case for a temporal reality that exhibits comparable liminal effects without the artefact being objectively real but rather artistically constructed.