{"id":3577,"date":"2009-08-01T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:17:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:17:21","slug":"architects-journal-on-comic-book-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/08\/01\/architects-journal-on-comic-book-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Architects&#8217; Journal on Comic Book Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/pictures\/576x432fitpad%5B0%5D\/6\/1\/5\/1206615_Partie_III_Fig__3___1___schuiten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Architects&#8217; Journal<\/em> has cooked up a list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/the-critics\/top-10-comic-book-cities\/5204772.article\">greatest illustrated urban spaces<\/a>. More than a backdrop for the action, comic book cities like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/story.aspx?storyCode=5204805\">Gotham City<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/story.aspx?storyCode=5204805\">Urbicand<\/a> (pictured above) are integral characters within their stories. Some illustrators also use the built form to creatively communicate the action within space <em>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bookoven.com\/2009\/07\/10\/top-10-comic-book-cities\/\">Book Oven<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/pictures\/576x432fitpad%5B0%5D\/6\/4\/3\/1206643_nestware11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Chris Ware&#8217;s Chicago from <a href=\"www.architectsjournal.co.uk\">Architects&#8217; Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Architects&#8217; Journal has cooked up a list of the greatest illustrated urban spaces. More than a backdrop for the action, comic book cities like Gotham City and Urbicand (pictured above) are integral characters within their stories. Some illustrators also use the built form to creatively communicate the action within space (via Book Oven). Image: Chris<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/08\/01\/architects-journal-on-comic-book-cities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Architects&#8217; Journal on Comic Book Cities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7830],"tags":[4230,1963,4228,4229,104],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-communication","tag-architects-journal","tag-chicago","tag-chris-ware","tag-gotham-city","tag-illustration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Architects&#039; Journal on Comic Book Cities - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/08\/01\/architects-journal-on-comic-book-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Architects&#039; Journal on Comic Book Cities - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Architects&#8217; Journal has cooked up a list of the greatest illustrated urban spaces. 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