What is the purpose of a comic book?

Answer 1

It is a form of reading and art used for enjoyment. It includes experiences like story telling, interesting art work, gain of knowlege, and it is a way to have fun. Many children, teens, and adults enjoy reading and writng comics.

Answer 2

== == Comics are usually made by an entire team of people. In basic, a storyline is laid out, the frames are sketched in, and the sketches are inked. How to make a comic book is a very open question these days. What qualifies as a comic? Comics are generally 22-page stories with 10 pages of advertisement printed in 32 page sigs with a glossy cover. Now, though, comics vary in size and -- with internet-- they also vary in medium. That said, I'm going to give you a Crash Course on making a traditional format of comic book. Comics employ several different talents. Although one person can master all of them, they're often broken down into one talent per person. You have the writer, penciler, letterer, inker, colorist and editor. There is no one script format for writing. I tend to break things down page by page and then panel by panel and include all Dialogue Balloons, Thought Balloons, Captions, and Sound Effects as well as description of the image I want in the panel. I type about one page of text for each page of comic. Then comes a lot of peoples favorite part: Penciling! This is where the comic finally starts to come together. By the time I'm ready to pencil a page, I'm already halfway through the work of penciling. It really does take a lot of prep work and a lot of research to make sure that you're drawing convincingly what the script says. If you draw a scene from 1956, you'd better do research on the clothing styles back then. Pages are generally penciled on 11" x 17" 2-ply Bristol Board. I use 3-ply and I buy mine from Blue Line Pro (www.bluelinepro.com) which I'm fortunate enough to be able to buy at a few stores where I live. You can also order on-line through their website. Once the Pencils are done, one of two things generally happens. The pages go to the letterer, or they go to the inker. If it's going to be lettered on the computer, they'll go to the inker first. If they're going to be done by hand (my preference), they'll be lettered first. The letterer puts in anything that is within the dialogue balloons, thought balloons, captions, sound effects, and other lettering like that on a street sign that isn't necessarily drawn. Most hand-letterers deal directly in ink on the board. There was a time that they used to letter on a separate sheet of paper (I use Card Stock) and then glue them to the finished art. The pages are then sent to the inker who does much more than just tracing pencil lines. Many pencilers don't polish off the drawings (although it's ALWAYS recommended for people just trying to start out in the business.) and the inker not only finishes filling in the details, but also adds mood, shadows and contrast to the work. The pages are then computer lettered (if they're not hand-lettered) and this is usually done in Adobe Illustrator. This is a very expensive program and that's one reason I prefer hand-lettered work. In addition to the expense of the software, you've got to have comic book fonts. Check out www.comicbookfonts.com for some really nice ones, but there are also some nice and much less expensive (some are even free!) fonts at www.blambot.com. At this point the books are ready to be printed if it's just going to be black and white. This saves a lot of independent publishers money because it costs more to print a 4-color job than a black-and-white only. If the books are colored, they're done on computers these days with an electronic drawing tablet like the ones Wacom makes. Most artists use Photoshop for this which is another expensive piece of software. Colorists lay down flats (Superman's cape is red, so they make it just plain red) and then add shadows and highlights much as a pastel artist would do the same in his portraits. Throughout this process the Editor checks over the work to see how things are progressing and make necessary changes. Finally it gets sent off to the printer and the printer will print them and ship them back to the publisher who has to distribute them. The best way to distribute comics, by far, is through Diamond. You couldn't run a comic shop without Diamond because they're the only ones that can deal with the mainstream comics from Marvel, DC, etc. Hopefully this clears things up! comics are also made by company like marvel

Answer 3

Comic books tell stories through "sequential visual storytelling." For a thorough analysis of comic book storytelling, I highly recommend Scott McCloud's book Understanding Comics, first published in 1993. Links below.

For a simple example of sequential visual storytelling, imagine a sequence of three visuals: in the first visual (or panel), there is a banana peel on the sidewalk and a man is walking towards it. In the second panel, the man is stepping on the banana peel. In the third, the man is sitting on the sidewalk with a dazed look on his face. When these panels are read in order, they tell the story of someone walking down the street and slipping on a banana peel.

This is an example of a three panel comic strip. Comic books are a longer narrative form, consisting of sequential illustrations on multiple pages that are bound together into a book or booklet form.

Comic book pages are typically broken down into smaller panels which are meant to be read in sequence. The panel layout determines the order they should be read in. In American comic books, panels are typically supposed to be read from left to right and from top to bottom. If another panel sequence is intended, or if the sequence is unclear, sometimes small arrows or numbers will be added to indicate the correct sequence to "read" the panels in panels.

Note that "read" is in quotes. That's because Comics have a vocabulary and grammar in both the prose and the illustration, so it's necessary to "read" the images in a comic book even if they don't contain any text.

One can draw some comparisons between comic book visual vocabulary and film vocabulary, and in fact, a film storyboard bears some similarities to a comic book, using a variety establishing shots--"splash" shots, mid-shorts, over-the-shoulder shots, close-ups, and so forth--to create a rhythm of images and help propel the narrative along.

However, many comic books layouts break free from presenting a sequence of same-sized rectangular panels (as a storyboard would) and instead the artist strives to create an overall design for the entire page, using a variety of differently shaped and sized panels in a variety of positions, along with negative space. Will Eisner and Jack Kirby are two comic book storytellers/artists who helped innovate comic book layouts back in the 1930s and 1940s.

The size and shape of panels affect the pacing of a story. A sequence of similarly-sized panels with similar (or even identical) illustrations can be used to decompress or slow down a story, akin to a long take in film. A sequence of panels with very different illustrations can be used to compress or speed-up the action in a story: quickly jumping from scene to scene.

It's possible to tell a story entirely through visuals, with no text. The Owly books by Andy Runton do this. More typically though, text is employed. Narrative text from an unseen narrator will typically be placed in rectangular caption boxes. Character dialog is typically placed within speech balloons, with a pointer, called a tail, pointing towards the character who is speaking. If the character is not in the illustration, a speech balloon pointer might point to where they are standing outside the frame, or perhaps a caption box will be used, with quotation marks to clarify that it's dialog and not an unseen narrator. Just as the placement of panels indicate the order in which they should be read, the placement of dialog balloons within a panel indicate the order in which they should be read.

Character thoughts are indicated by thought balloons, which are similar to speech balloons but instead of a tail, they use a set of increasingly smaller circular bubbles leading towards the character who is thinking.

Answer 4

The purpose of a comic book is to entertain and engage readers through a combination of visual art and storytelling. Comics can explore a wide range of genres, themes, and styles, making them a versatile form of entertainment for all ages.

Answer 5

They are hand-drawn by an artist.

Answer 6

'Good' versus 'Evil' .

Answer 7

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