How image and text work together in comics!!!

OR…

How they don’t!!

Contents

• Origins

• Famous firsts• Controversy• Propaganda

• Comparison and analysis

Around 1900, the terms "comics" and "comic strip" came into common use in the United States. Where did the word come from? The strips of pictures being printed in magazines and newspapers at that time were all funny or comic. At first newspaper comic strips were called "the funnies" and later the term comics became more popular. Early American comic books were often collections of reprints of newspaper comic strips.

HISTORY

The Yellow KidThe 1895 "Yellow Kid" created by Richard Outcault has often been cited as being the first comic strip. The reason being is that Richard Outcault was the first artist to use the balloon, an outlined space on the page where what the characters spoke was written. However, comic strips and comic books were published before "Yellow Kid" debuted in the New York City newspaper "The World".

The First appearance of Superman (1938)

PROPAGANDA – (1943)

Cover of the August 1943 issue of the 4 Favourites showing «War Bond» beating Hirohito, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The heroes on the cover are shown singing Spike Jones' current hit song Der Fuehrer's Face

Scott McCloud- Understanding comic books

According to comic book artist Will Eisner comic books are a form of sequential art where they are only pictures when looked at separately however when they form a sequence they become stories rather than just mere pictures and are then called comic books.

Animated movies are REALLY SLOW and ELABORATE……

…. Comic books!!!

Significance of Text in comics :-

Symbols

The slides above depict the following:

•Change in details given to comic books•The use of text•The interpretation of text •How text is important•How comics without text are interpreted as well as with text•How importance of text depends on the detail of character and story profile•Detailed symbols and imagery can replace text

Bibliography:•Scott McCloud : Understanding comics

•Bellis, M., 2011. History of Comic books. About.com, [online] Available at: <http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/comics.htm>[Accessed on 26 sep 2011]

•Freepik.com

•Marvel comics.com