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Dave McKean’s art: Transcending limitations of the graphic novel genre
- Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 49, Number 4, October 2011
- pp. 62-67
- 10.1353/bkb.2011.0072
- Article
- Additional Information
The authors argue that Dave McKean’s art breaks from standard conventions of genre and in doing so transcends their limitations. Panaou and Michaelides analyze several of his books and convincingly portray Dave McKean as an innovative groundbreaker who produces extraordinary visual stories.