COMICS

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY “COMICS”

COMIC IS A GRAPHIC MEDIUM IN WHICH IMAGES ARE UTILIZED IN ORDER TO CONVEY A SEQUENTIAL NARRATIVE

THEN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMIC THEMES, ISN’T IT?

NO. THE TERM DERIVES FROM MASSIVE EARLY USE OF COMIC THEMES, BUT IS APPLIEDTO ALL USES OF THIS MEDIUM

MOST COMICS COMBINEWORDS WITH IMAGES, OFTEN INDICATING SPEECH IN THE FORM OF WORD BALLOONS,BUT WORDLESS COMICS ARE NOT UNCOMMON

WORDS OTHER THAN DIALOGUE, CAPTIONS FOR EXAMPLE,USUALLY EXPAND UPON THE PICTURES, BUT SOMETIMESACT IN COUNTERPOINT

VOCABULARY

SYMBOLIASOUND EFFECTS

MOTION LINES

GUTTER

FRAME

THOUGHT BALLONS

SPEECH BALLONS PANEL

SYMBOLIA

PLEWDS BRIFFITS AND HITES

GRAWLIXES SQUEANS

EMANATA

HISTORY.EARLY NARRATIVE IN ART

SEQUENTIAL DEPICTIONS ON TRAJAN’S COLUMN

HISTORY.EARLY NARRATIVE IN ART

CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARÍA. 1260-1270

ADAM AND EVE. LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER. 1529

PRINTING ADVANCES

FRENCH LIBERTY, BRITISH SLAVERY. JAMES GILLRAY. 1792

AUCA DELS PELEGRINS. ANONYMOUS. 1896

THE 19TH CENTURY: A FORM ESTABLISHED

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. MANGA

AKIRA. KATSUHIRO OTOMOASTRO BOY. OSAMU TEZUKA

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. COMIX

ROBERT CRUMB SHOWING HIS SEXUAL PREFERENCES

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. COMIX

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. GRAPHIC NOVELS

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. GRAPHIC NOVELS

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

EL SUEÑO MARAVILLOSO. ROBLEDANO. 1910

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. LINEA CHUNGA

THE 20TH CENTURYAND THE MASS MEDIUM. LINEA CLARA

MAGAZINES OF THE 21TH CENTURY

MAGAZINES OF THE 21TH CENTURY

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