COMICS TYPES OF COMICS CATEGORIES Strips Graphic Novels

COMICS

TYPES OF COMICS

CATEGORIES Strips Graphic Novels Comic Books

COMIC STRIPS First appeared in newspapers in 1900’s Most widely read of the comic types due to the large newspaper audiences 2 -4 panels long during the week 6 -10 on Sundays Examples: Peanuts, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes

THE YELLOW KID

THE YELLOW KID Generally credited as being the first comic strip character Ran from 1895 -1898 This is where we get the phrase yellow journalism from

GRAPHIC NOVELS Full length story illustrated in traditional comic book style Bound like a book Printed on higher quality paper than comic books Watchmen, Batman, the Hobbit

COMIC BOOKS The first comic book appeared in the United States in 1933 It was a reprinting of comic strips from newspapers

GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS Typically said to begin in 1938 with the first superman comic This saw the rise of DC Comics and some future marvel characters Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Captain America, Human Torch Ended in the late 40’s after world war II Interest in superheroes began to diminish and publishers started turning to westerns and sci-fi This era was the birth of comics as we know them

THE COMICS CODE In 1954 comics came under attack Some experts believed that comics lead to juvenile delinquency A few cities, included OKC participated in Comic book burnings The comics code authority was formed to regulate comics

SILVER AGE OF COMICS 1956 -1970 Began with the publication of DC Showcase #4 which introduced the new flash Marvel Comics founded Marvel changed the comic game by giving heroes real world problems Fantastic four, x-men, Hulk, Iron Man, Justice League

BRONZE AGE OF COMICS 1970 -1985 Comics took a darker turn Comics featured more real world issues including drug abuse, alcoholism, and environmental pollution death of spiderman’s girlfriend Comics moved from the supermarket to the comic shop Art became more sophisticated

UNIQUE FEATURE Combine text and illustrations to communicate Comics differ from books and magazines in that the illustrations and text are integrated to form meaning Books rely on text, magazines use graphics to enhance Text gives meaning to the illustration Illustration gives meaning to the text

SPEECH

BALLOONS

BALLOONS AND SOUNDS

SOUNDS AND ACTION

GRAWLIX

PANELS Panels are the frames of the comic art

CLOSURE The reader fills in the details between panels Our minds subconsciously can fill in the passage of time In some cases, hours can pass between panels. Inference links panels in a meaningful way

BLOOD IN THE GUTTER

WEBCOMICS

COMICS ON THE WEB Marvel Unlimited

THE MOVIES

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