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L. Le Dû-Blayo
Fig. 8.3 Extract from the Donito series, “Le grand secret”, p. 20 (© Didier Conrad & Wilbur,
all rights reserved). This image is representative of the aesthetics of the underwater landscapes
developed in the comic, via the explosion of the shapes and colours of the ecosystem, the plays of
light from the surface, but also the fluidity of movements. The character of Donito moves very freely
in this underwater landscape: warm water, limpid and luminous, with no problem for breathing.
The underwater landscape here is an idyllic playing field for the little boy, with his pet: the tortoise
vertical dimension is generally very well represented by the effects of luminosity from
the surface and the progressive darkening of the landscapes towards the bottom, as
well as the fading of colours. The plays of light in water, which contribute in a major
way to the beauty of underwater landscapes (Hanna 2007) are therefore very much
used in comic book images, as for example in the series Hauteville House (Duval
et al. 2004, 2011).
8.6.3 Typology of Underwater Landscapes in the Cartoon
The comic book gives a magnified view of the specific features of underwater
landscapes, in the sense that cartoonists exploit to the maximum the most easily
L. Le Dû-Blayo
Fig. 8.3 Extract from the Donito series, “Le grand secret”, p. 20 (© Didier Conrad & Wilbur,
all rights reserved). This image is representative of the aesthetics of the underwater landscapes
developed in the comic, via the explosion of the shapes and colours of the ecosystem, the plays of
light from the surface, but also the fluidity of movements. The character of Donito moves very freely
in this underwater landscape: warm water, limpid and luminous, with no problem for breathing.
The underwater landscape here is an idyllic playing field for the little boy, with his pet: the tortoise
vertical dimension is generally very well represented by the effects of luminosity from
the surface and the progressive darkening of the landscapes towards the bottom, as
well as the fading of colours. The plays of light in water, which contribute in a major
way to the beauty of underwater landscapes (Hanna 2007) are therefore very much
used in comic book images, as for example in the series Hauteville House (Duval
et al. 2004, 2011).
8.6.3 Typology of Underwater Landscapes in the Cartoon
The comic book gives a magnified view of the specific features of underwater
landscapes, in the sense that cartoonists exploit to the maximum the most easily