Affects at the gutter: the between place of text and image

Abstract

A theory of affects at the gutter. In order to understand with some accuracy the quality-potency of the affect, this article presents a case study of the relationship between text and image, especially in comics. Thereby, it seeks to provide support for the questions of identification, knowledge and event, places of affections in the space between written word and figurative image. Therefore, it will be offered the concept of gutter, a place where something passes to another, an interval for which an invisible event can be viewed. It is through the face of the printed affect at the gutter of the relationship text-image that this research will start.