Abstract
Poetry and comics are by no means incompatible. Comic narratives can be described in poetry, and vice versa. The two media can also adapt to each other.
But what about comics as a poetic form in their own right ? The answer, of course, depends on how we define poetry - a difficult but not impossible task, provided we opt for a definition that combines formal criteria and content features. This paper will attempt to formulate some elements of such a definition, then discuss them with the help of several recent examples.
