
The relationship between comics and postcards was first inspired by some collectors, such as the Portuguese blogger Geraldes Lino, who accumulates postcards about comics. Although, the connection between postcards - which are “light” letters - and comics - which are often considered as “light” books - can be thought in other perspectives. Comics can be defined as a graphic medium in which pictures are utilized in order to convey a sequential narrative. Postcards can be similarly considered as a graphic medium in which images are used in order to convey a personal message. The ambiguous proximity between images and words can be equally observed in comics and postcards. Moreover, they became popular mass media at the same epoch, in the XXth century. Finally, artistic postcards (from mail art, design...) and comics are similarly related to underground cultures and to marginal artist practices. Even if most ‘picture letters’ are tourist objects and most ‘picture books’ are an artistic expression, they can both perform a singular combination of popularity, marginality, and artistic appropriation.



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