만화와 연극 - 공통점과 차이점

대학로 is overflowing w/ plays based on comics(animated films). For example, you might have seen some of these plays : 순정만화,광수생각, 바람의 나라, 위대한 캣츠비(강도하- 단행본, 영화, 뮤지컬) 달려라 하니, 라이온킹, 미녀는 괴로워, 불의검,
…… Why do people make the comics to another forms, plays? I guess it’s because some common and different things between them.

순정만화 카테고리 만화 지은이 강풀 (문학세계사, 2004년) 상세보기

공통점
활자와 소리라는 차이 뿐 스토리가 있는 문학 예술적 특징 – 독자/관객의 감동/감화 이끎
연극관객석에 앉아 기대하는 ‘fantasy’라는 게 만화에도 넘쳐난다.
시각적 효과 큼
I’d like to start off by saying some common points. First, both of them are a genre of story telling arts that gives impression, catharsis, and amusement. It means that a play using same story w/ it can bring audiences almost same interests if a comic book was popular. Second, the two arts especially attach importance to ‘visual effects’. And, both one reading comic books and the other seeing plays anticipate enjoying fantasy world through it. For these points, people don’t have unwelcome attention(aversion) in spite of different things.


차이점
연극보다 유연하고 영화보다 심오하다.
(‘쥐’ 슈피겔만)
최근엔 불량식품, 천덕꾸러기 취급 즉 하급문화 치부.
그러다 예술로 격상. = 가능성 무궁무진. 과제도..
There’s my favorites quote, that I love, by Art Spiegelman, where he says,
“Comics, which is more flexible(softer) than plays, is also profounder than movies.”
I believe it’s the best expression to show the characteristics of comics making a clear distinction w/ plays. It is enough familiar and easy for any age groups to access. Not to mention, it deserves to be speculated(speculating) on because of deep meanings in it.

위대한 캣츠비 6 카테고리 만화 지은이 강도하 (애니북스, 2006년) 상세보기

콘텐츠의 힘.
- 양식만 다를 뿐 스토리를 다루는 장르. 충분히 상호 교환될 수. 오히려 만화와 또다른 형태의 감동을 맛보아 새롭게 만날 수도.  그래서 원소스멀티유즈가 실패하지 않는 것.
I guess the principal factor is contents(what are they telling about?) rather than forms( What forms of art do they use?). both plays and comics are enough possible to be successful because of their common points, and their some different peculiarities making them more attractive distinguished arts.

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