Comic

1. Comic

3. What
are
comics?

4. Michael
Turner

5. Carl
Barks,
Uncle
Scrooge

6. Charles
Schulz,
Peanuts

7. Comics
are a
form

8. Meister
Bertram
von
Minden,
The
Grabower
Altar,
1375-­‐1383

10. Comics
are a form
used to tell
many kinds
of stories

11. Alan
Moore
&
Dave
Gibbons,
The
Watchmen

12. Neil
Gaiman
(et
al),
Sandman
Brian
K.
Vaughan
(et
al),
Y:
the
Last
Man

13. Craig
Thompson,
Blankets

14. Posy
Simmonds,
Tamara
Drewe

15. Chester
Brown,
Louis
Riel

16. Art
Spiegelman,
Maus

17. Alison
Bechdel,
Fun
Home

18. Marjane
Satrapi,
Persepolis

19. Joe
Sacco,
Footnotes
in
Gaza

20. Apostolos
Doxiadis,
Christos
Papadimitriou,
Alecos
Papadatos
&
Annie
Di
Donna,
Logicomix:
an
Epic
Search
for
Truth

21. Carol
Lay,
The
Big
Skinny

22. Making a
comic

23. Main
Elements
of a
Comic

24. The panel
This is the basic unit of a comic book
page, consisting of a single
illustration. It's most often contained
within a square or rectangular frame,
although circular and irregularlyshaped panels are also possible.

25. Balloons
It is the
element
what
contains
the text.

26. Speech
Thought
Splash

27. Speech balloon
Balloon
Panel
Frank
Miller,
Sin
City
Daniel
Clowes,
Ghost
World

28. Splash
Balloon
Thought balloon
Quino,
Mafalda

29. The Text-Related Parts of a Comic
Book Page:
1.Title.
the
name
of
the
comic
on
the
front
cover.
Given
the
nature
of
comics,
the
3tle
is
nearly
always
large,
colorful,
and
especially
ornate.
Jim
Davies,
Gardfield
2.Credits.
the
credits
promote
the
"stars"
of
the
comic:
scriptwriter
&
comic
ar3st.
Bill
Wa;erson,
Calvin
&
Hobbes

30. 3.Le/ering.
This
refers
to
most
of
the
text
in
a
comic
book.
4.Cap5ons.
LeBering
not
in
a
speech
or
thought
balloon
is
usually
in
a
cap3on,
in
a
separate
frame.
CAPTION
Sonia
Pulido

31. 5.Sound
Effects.
Any
wriGng
meant
to
convey
a
noise
or
sound
is
called
a
sound
effect.
Sound
effects
are
shaped
to
suggest
the
kind
of
sound
–
loud
or
soQ,
harsh
or
mellow.
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32. Some Original Comic
because of its Structure
Frank
Miller,
Sin
city,
1991

34. Jeffrey
Brown,
Gato
saliendo
de
una
bolsa,
2008

35. Jiro
Taniguchi,
The
Lonely
Gourmet,
2010

36. Some Original Comic
because of its Plot
We´ll
see
some
example
of
comics
in
which
the
author
tells
stories
about
his
own
life
to
show
aspects
of
his
own
culture.
Marjane
Satrapi,
Persepolis,
2000

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rs which
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s to the
es; using
esthetic
eria. The
Moments in art...

38. Plot
The events that
make up a story

39. Characters

51. Script
The document
describing the
narrative and
dialogue of a comic
in detail.

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