Understanding Comics

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- Chapters 3-6 Study Guide

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definition of comics

juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence

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how long have comics been around?

thousands and tens of thousands of years

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the less realistic the cartoon

more the reader may identify with it

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define icons

images that represent people, places, things, or ideas (visual nouns)

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define closure

refers to how a reader will “read between the lines” to fill in info. between the images (the gutter)

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6

define the gutter

space between panels

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moment to moment (transition)

little closure (blinking)

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action to action (transition)

single subject in progression (like a baseball batter swinging a bat)

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subject to subject (transition)

moving from subject to subject in a scene (from person A to person B)

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scene to scene (transition)

transports reader through time and place

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aspect to aspect (transition)

moves around to show different perspectives on aspects if a place, idea, or mood

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non-sequitur (transition)

no logical relationship between panels at all

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13

sense that comics work with

sight

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14

way to read a comic

left to right and up to down

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15

backgrounds contribute how?

to moods and feelings

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lines can represent what?

symbols, emotions, senses, invisible things in general

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word specific (ways words and pics can be combined)

pictures illustrate but don’t add to what the text says

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picture specific (ways words and pics can be combined)

combinations where words do little more than add a soundtrack to a visually told sequence

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duo specific (ways words and pics can be combined)

panels in which both words and pictures send the same message

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additive (ways words and pics can be combined)

combo where words amplify or elaborate on an image or vice versa

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parallel (ways words and pics can be combined)

combo, words and pics seem to follow very different courses without intersecting

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montage (ways words and pics can be combined)

where words are treated as integral parts of the picture

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23

give an example of color-synaesthesia

red-angry, blue-cold/calming,

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interdependent (ways words and pics can be combined)

where words and pictures go hand in hand to convey an idea that neither could convey alone

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