Abstracts
Abstract
This article examines how the comic series The Katzenjammer Kids, created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and whose main characters are two wicked children, has been usually altered, modified, and reframed due to its publication in Spain and Italy. By using the concept of domestication and utilizing tools of the history and formal analysis of comics and the contextual studies used in iconography, we try to study the influence and the afterlife impact of the forms, narratives, and gags of The Katzenjammer Kids and, at the same time, to provide a theoretical-methodological framework for understanding the cultural scope of these phenomena that characterize a field of study such as comics reception, which has been relatively underdeveloped.
Keywords:
- Domestication,
- Katzenjammer Kids,
- Busch,
- Knerr,
- Dirks,
- Spain,
- Italy,
- comics studies,
- Corriere dei Piccoli
Résumé
Cet article examine comment la série de bande dessinée The Katzenjammer Kids, créée par Rudolph Dirks en 1897 et dont les protagonistes sont deux enfants espiègles, a été très souvent altérée, modifiée et adaptée en raison de sa publication en Espagne et en Italie. À partir du concept de domestication et en utilisant les outils de l’histoire et de l’analyse formelle de la bande dessinée ainsi que les études contextuelles utilisées en iconographie, nous tentons d’étudier l’influence et de la survivance des formes, des récits et des gags de The Katzenjammer Kids. Nous cherchons aussi à fournir un cadre théorique et méthodologique pour comprendre la portée culturelle de ces phénomènes qui caractérisent un champ d’étude tel que la réception de bandes dessinées, qui a été relativement sous-développé.
Mots-clés :
- Domestication,
- Katzenjammer Kids,
- Busch,
- Knerr,
- Dirks,
- Espagne,
- Italie,
- comics studies,
- Corriere dei Piccoli
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