The first part of the master's thesis examines the specific features of comics, particularly the characteristic sign organization, which encourages a variety of interpretations of its functioning. It presents in more detail the derivation of Ole Frahm, emphasizing the self-sufficiency of the medium of comics. Furthermore, it introduces Michael Bakhtin's concept of parody and relates it to Frahm's thoughts on the parodic structure of comics. Finally, it
highlights Frahm's connection between comics and parody from the creator's point of view.
The second part of the thesis focuses on the challenges of adapting a literary work into a graphic narrative. It presents the historical background of the medieval legend about a woman who became pope and the novel Pope Joan by Emanuel D. Roidis. It presents the documented process of adapting the novel into the medium of comics, co-authored by a screenwriter. In the final chapters, the thesis justifies technical and stylistic creative choices in relation to the
narrative and genre requirements of the story.
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