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COMICS

COMICS

WHAT'S A COMIC?

A comic is an artistic medium that combines words and pictures to tell stories.

A LITTLE OF HISTORY....

PREHISTORY EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS

The first newspaper comic strip was "The Yellow Kid" in 1896

ELEMENTS

What is said is written in BUBBLES pointing to the characters

TYPES OF BUBBLES

1. SPEECH BUBBLE or SPEECH BALLOON 2. THOUGHT BUBBLE or THOUGHT BALLOON

3. SCREAM BUBBLE/ BALLOON indicates a character is screaming or shouting 4. WHISPER BUBBLE or WHISPER BALLOON

CAPTIONS In a caption, words appear in a box separated from the rest of the panel to tell to the reader what's happening in the images

SOUND EFFECTS or ONOMATOPOEIA When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound.