Mise en abyme de la matérialité de la bande dessinée dans Mensajes de Mariano Casas

We will study how, in his Spanish graphic novel Mensajes, published in 2009, the author Mariano Casas questions the materiality of contemporary creation, and its articulation with the digital environment. We will see how references to the operation of satellite geolocation software, computer drawing tools or printing techniques, put in tension with effects of mise en abyme, multiplication of screens, ink and color, induce a paradoxical representation of the materiality of creation, both based on and challenging the digital.