Sunday, 21 August 2016

The Definition of Comics

 Comic is a medium used to express ideas by  images, often combined with text or other 
visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of  images. Often textual devices such as speech  balloons, captions and onomatopoeia  indicate  dialogue, narration, sound effects or other  information. Size and arrangement of panels  contribute to narrative pacing.

Cartooning and similar forms of illustration are the most common image making means in comics; fumetti (photonovel)  is a form which uses photographic images.  Common forms of comics include comic strips, editorial, gag cartoons and comic books. Since  the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, tankobon  
(standalone book) have become increasingly  common and online web comics have  proliferated in the 21st century.


FORM & FORMAT
Comic strips are generally short, multipanel comics that traditionally most commonly appeared in newspapers. In the US, daily strips have normally occupied a single tier, while Sunday strips have been given multiple tiers. In the early 20th century, daily strips were typically in black-and-white and Sundays were usually in colour and often occupied a full page.
Specialized comics periodicals formats vary greatly in different cultures. Comic books, primarily an American format, are thin periodicals usually published in colour. European and Japanese comics are frequently serialized in magazines—monthly or weekly in Europe, and usually black-and-white and weekly in Japan. Japanese comics magazine typically run to hundreds of pages.

Source from : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics

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