Aladdin Sane and Close-Up Eye Asymmetry: David Bowie’s Contribution to Comic Book Visual Language
In April 1973 David Bowie released Aladdin Sane. The cover of Aladdin Sane features an iconic image of David Bowie, a close-up shot of the artist with brightly colored orange hair and asymmetrical lightning bolt make-up on the right side of his face. This article argues that the cover image for Alad...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-03-01
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| Series: | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship |
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| Online Access: | https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/3546/ |