
Gustave Kahn, Creativity, and Symbolism with Sam Kunkel
Hermitix
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Khan's Theory of the Soldier Circus
Khan is already thinking in 1891 about the orientation of the word and its relationship to the page. It's also an idea that prefigures comic books in a way. When you read the Soldier Circus, you can see him adapting that theory to the narrative. There are all sorts of really cinematic moments in the book.
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