Glasgow Smiles Better: A Response to Frank Quitely's Portraiture and The Kelvin Hall Clown (2019)

Pacific Coast Philology Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.5325/pacicoasphil.56.2.0278

Julie Briand-Boyd, D. Boyd

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Abstract:This brief article is a critical response to the illustrated portrait The Kelvin Hall Clown (2019), donated to the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) by Eisner Award–winning and internationally renowned Glasgow-based comics artist Frank Quitely (We3 [Vertigo DC Comics, 2004], All-Star Superman [DC Comics, 2008], and Jupiter's Legacy [Image Comics, 2013–]). The essay contextualizes the portrait of a clown not only in the tensely bound aesthetics of humor and tragedy but also specifically in the context of contemporary Scottish urban literature and culture. From a brief history of Scotland in the 1980s, the essay examines Quitely's portrait as a carefully attuned response to questions of Scottish identity, masculinity, and the role that labor and violence play in the shaping of postindustrial cities like Glasgow. Furthermore, the essay muses on Quitely's work in portraiture, and introduces readers to his portraiture not only as popular covers of superhero comics but also as examples of Quitely's aesthetic and philosophical experiments with concepts of corporeality and faciality, which, in our estimation, offer vitalistic and existential insights that challenge national, classical, transcendent, or Cartesian models of subjectivity.

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格拉斯哥笑得更好：对弗兰克·奎特利肖像画和开尔文大厅小丑的回应（2019）

摘要：这篇短文是对艾斯纳奖获得者、国际知名格拉斯哥漫画艺术家弗兰克·奎特利（Frank Quitely）捐赠给太平洋古代和现代语言协会（PAMLA）的插图肖像《开尔文大厅小丑》（2019）的批评性回应（We3[Vertigo DC comics，2004]、全明星超人[DC comics，2008]和木星的遗产[Image comics，2013-]）。本文不仅将小丑肖像置于幽默和悲剧的紧张美学中，而且具体地置于当代苏格兰城市文学和文化的背景中。从20世纪80年代苏格兰的简史来看，这篇文章审视了Quitely的肖像，认为这是对苏格兰身份、男子气概以及劳工和暴力在格拉斯哥等后工业化城市塑造中所起作用等问题的谨慎回应。此外，本文对Quitely的肖像画作品进行了思考，并向读者介绍了他的肖像画，它不仅是超级英雄漫画的流行封面，也是Quitely对身体和面部概念进行美学和哲学实验的例子，据我们估计，这些实验提供了对民族、古典、超验、，或笛卡尔主观性模型。

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期刊介绍： Pacific Coast Philology publishes peer-reviewed essays of interest to scholars in the classical and modern languages, literatures, and cultures. The journal publishes two annual issues (one regular and one special issue), which normally contain articles and book reviews, as well as the presidential address, forum, and plenary speech from the preceding year''s conference. Pacific Coast Philology is the official journal of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, a regional branch of the Modern Language Association. PAMLA is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of ancient and modern languages and literatures. Anyone interested in languages and literary studies may become a member. Please visit their website for more information.