dadaism

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Okay, as much as I joke about it, I realize that surrealism & dadaism themselves are not intrinsic threats, or even prevalent in comics.

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  1. a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

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  • Only our decadent metropolitan bohemians can feel at home in this maze of reasoning and cull an 'inner experience' from this dung-heap of literary dadaism, supported by the proverbial modesty of a section of our people who always detect profound wisdom in what is most incomprehensible to them personally. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Years of Study and Suffering in Vienna
  • Okay, as much as I joke about it, I realize that surrealism & dadaism themselves are not intrinsic threats, or even prevalent in comics. —  The Absorbascon
  • I use "surrealism" and "dadaism" as surrogate terms to denote the tendencies in some comic book creators to ignore the need for perspective, context, and meaning. —  The Absorbascon
  • Anyway, some forms of art have similar things going on. (surrealism, dadaism, etc.) —  The Web Comic List - Latest Webcomics
  • 20minutes with a dremel and a mail at BB and is already the new hope of dadaism. btw catheters like the one protruding from the manequin are not innovative though with a strech of immagination you could call them interfaces. —  Snipr/SnipURL - Most interesting snipped URLs
 

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