Translation of Comics. Using the Example of ���Superman

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Literature - Modern Literature grade: 23 RWTH Aachen University (Anglistik) course: Translation Studies language: English abstract: Comics are texts organised into sequential units graphically separated from each other (Saraceni 2003: 5) and employ [...] both words and pictures (ibid.). First American comics were translated and pirated versions of works done by Rodolphe Tpffer a Swiss illustrator (cf. Duncan Smith 2009: 25). In 1895 Richard F. Outcault published funny illustrations in the Sunday edition of Pulitzer''s New York World focusing on the New York Slums (cf. Schrder 1982: 12). Hogan''s Alley soon became a popular weekly series featuring a little boy as the protagonist: The Yellow Kid named after the accidentally new color of its nightgown (cf. ibid.). Outcault experimented with panels and word balloons switching back and forth from Victorian to modern comic styles (Petersen 2011: 98). The Yellow Kid polarized the newspaper audience: on the one hand people started anti-comic campaigns; on the other hand it became a huge success for Pulitzer (cf. Schrder 1982: 12-13). However Pulitzer''s success through The Yellow Kid led to a war between him and William R.