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2000 A.D. and the new ‘Flesh’: first to report the dinosaur renaissance in ‘moving’ pictures

2010; Geological Society of London; Volume: 343; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1144/sp343.21

2041-4927

Jeff Liston,

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Abstract Prior to recent developments in computer-generated images, reconstructions of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were limited to static images or objects. Although a dynamic tension could be introduced to a composition or construction, it fundamentally lacked the ability to convey the motion of a now-extinct animal to its viewer. Before digital art forms the one exception to this was graphic or sequential art, generally in the form of ‘comic’ strips. This article explores how one particular comic strip came to be the mass communicator of a new dynamism in dinosaur reconstructions within 2 years of the data for the so-called ‘dinosaur renaissance’ being presented in the scientific press.