Reanimating Morgue Files. A Media Archeology of Reference Picture Collections KU Leuven
This research project examines the specific case of morgue files: picture collections composed of photographs, clippings and visual printed ephemera often organized and stored in cabinets, and used as reference aid for drawing comics and cartoons. Ubiquitous in publishers offices and artist studios during most of the twentieth century, morgues have been a central aspect of cartoonists’ creative process for decades before online image ...