Comics is a medium that expresses ideas through images, usually combined with text, most often arranged as a sequence of panels. Devices such as speech balloons, captions and onomatopoeia carry dialogue, narration and sound effects. Cartooning and other illustration are its most common image-making methods, and its output ranges from comic strips and gag cartoons to comic books, graphic novels and webcomics; theorists and historians do not agree on a single definition, some stressing the combination of image and text, others sequence, and others mass reproduction or recurring characters.
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MediumA medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. 1 Signature TechniqueA sequence of panels using speech balloons, captions and onomatopoeia to indicate dialogue, narration and sound. 1 Notable ExampleThe Upside-Downs of Old Man Muffaroo and Little Lady Lovekins (1903-1905) by Gustave Verbeek. 1 Disputed
Place of OriginNo single point of origin; European comics are often traced to Rodolphe Topffer's 1830s cartoon strips, with parallel early traditions in the United States and Japan. 1 No single point of origin; parallel early traditions developed in Europe, the United States and Japan. Connections
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Animation, Art Forms Comics and animation share a lineage in sequential visual storytelling, and many creators have worked across both forms (e.g. comic strips adapted into animated cartoons).
Illustration, Art Forms Comics and illustration share the same visual-narrative drawing tradition, and many comics artists trained and worked as illustrators.
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1. Comics (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead section, Comics
Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information.
History section, Comics
The history of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Töpffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s, while Wilhelm Busch and his Max and Moritz also had a global impact from 1865 on.
Creation section, Comics
An example is Gustave Verbeek, who wrote his comic series "The UpsideDowns of Old Man Muffaroo and Little Lady Lovekins" between 1903 and 1905.
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