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1 Aug 2017: La “ligne claire” (clear line). Find in this text http://expositions.bnf.fr/bd/arret/lig.htm. What the “ligne claire” technique does with:.  characters.  sets.  shades.  the scenario.  speech bubbles. Recognize it: Compare

1 Aug 2017: Activity 3 : Hugo Pratt and Jacques Tardi. Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese, Casterman, 1967-1992. Here are some examples of how Pratt uses black and white. What do you notice? How do we. interpret black stains and white surfaces to understand what the

1 Aug 2017: Activity 2: Humourous effects. Astérix in Britain, translated by Anthea Bell1:. Compare two excerpts with their English translation:. Ex.1/ Original panel: http://oi45.tinypic.com/160oe2q.jpg. translation:

23 Jan 2017: What is the Definition of Brachycephaly? All these dogs are by definition brachycephalic- with a shortened muzzle where the Skull width = 80% (or more) of length. However not all breeds are affected to the same extent. These dogs have different skull

15 Sep 2017: Why is the Number of Cases on the Rise? Currently there are over 7.4 billion people in the world. Over the time it takes you to read this resource there will have been at least another 1000 people added to the total world population. The most

15 Sep 2017: Motor Neuron Disease (MND). Motor Neuron Disease is a term commonly used in the UK for a group of disorders, the most common of which is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In the US, ALS is used as an umbrella term for all motor neuron diseases.

15 Sep 2017: Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that, unlike Alzheimer’s disease and dementia which we have discussed in previous activities, is mainly a movement disorder. The most common and

1 Aug 2017: Activity 4 : Bandes dessinées after 1990. Joann Sfar, Le Chat du rabbin (The Rabbi's Cat), Dargaud, 2002-15:. Sfar was born into a Jewish family of North Africa. He devoted a series to describing the life of a. rabbi, his daughter and their cat in

23 Jan 2017: What Causes Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome? The canine skull is formed by the fusion of many different bony components, which meet at. boundaries called ‘suture lines’. In the brachycephalic breeds a genetic mutation results in.

15 Sep 2017: What Causes Neurodegeneration? The underlying cause of most neurodegenerative diseases is not fully understood. Only around 5% of cases are a result of genetic mutation (i.e. ‘inherited’) therefore the remaining 95% occur randomly (these are

15 Sep 2017: Alzheimer’s Disease (and other Dementias). Important Note on Dementia:. Dementia is a term typically used to describe a group of symptoms which include memory loss, difficulty problem-solving or thinking clearly and problems with language. As we

15 Sep 2017: Atatürk and the Kemalist Revolution At the turn of the 19th/20th century, the 500-year old Ottoman Empire was widely derided as the ‘sick man of Europe’. Its emergence from the First World War on the losing side signalled the final demise of

15 Sep 2017: Fethullah Gülen and his Followers Fethullah Gülen is a US-based Turkish imam who leads a transnational religious community known in Turkey as Hizmet (lit: ‘service’), but referred to internationally as the Gülen Movement (GM). The GM emerged

15 Sep 2017: The Alevis The Alevis are the largest non-Sunni religious group in Turkey. Their numbers are impossible to ascertain with any accuracy, as they are not recognised in official census data, but it can be assumed that there are between 15-20 million

15 Sep 2017: The AKP and the Emergence of Political Islam The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) swept to power in Turkey in a landslide election victory in 2002. They have remained in office ever since, under the leadership of the

1 Aug 2017: Answers. ACTIVITY 1. “Clear line”. Characters and objects remain flat-looking. Only their contours are drawn in strong black lines. of the same width, without any hatching. Cast shadows are generally reduced to the minimum. Colours are plain and