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    Comics are a narrative form that uses both pictures and words arranged in a temporal sequence. They differ from illustrated books in that comics indicate the passage of time through the relationship between pictures. A person who creates comics is referred to as a comics artist or writer/artist. Japan is the largest producer and consumer of comics globally. Rodolphe Töpffer, a 19th century Swiss professor, was an important precursor to the modern comic form. Punch magazine, begun in 1841, was also influential in popularizing satirical cartoons worldwide. The Yellow Kid comic strip from 1894-95 was one of the earliest to use a recurring character.

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    Comics are a narrative form that uses both pictures and words arranged in a temporal sequence. They differ from illustrated books in that comics indicate the passage of time through the relationship between pictures. A person who creates comics is referred to as a comics artist or writer/artist. Japan is the largest producer and consumer of comics globally. Rodolphe Töpffer, a 19th century Swiss professor, was an important precursor to the modern comic form. Punch magazine, begun in 1841, was also influential in popularizing satirical cartoons worldwide. The Yellow Kid comic strip from 1894-95 was one of the earliest to use a recurring character.

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    Comics are a narrative form that uses both pictures and words arranged in a temporal sequence. They differ from illustrated books in that comics indicate the passage of time through the relationship between pictures. A person who creates comics is referred to as a comics artist or writer/artist. Japan is the largest producer and consumer of comics globally. Rodolphe Töpffer, a 19th century Swiss professor, was an important precursor to the modern comic form. Punch magazine, begun in 1841, was also influential in popularizing satirical cartoons worldwide. The Yellow Kid comic strip from 1894-95 was one of the earliest to use a recurring character.

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    A Very Short Introduction to

    Comics
    Comics- A narrative constructed using pictures and words in
    temporal sequence.

    Another definition- A narrative in which words and pictures have


    'equal rights'.

    'Comics' are also known as 'Bande Dessine' in France and 'Manga' in


    Japan.
    Difference between 'comics' and 'illustrated book'-- Only in comics is
    TIME indicated through the relation between pictures. 'Time indication'
    is one of the unique aspects of comics.

    A person who creates comics is referred to as a 'comics author',


    'comics artist', or simply writer/artist.
    Japan is the world's largest producer and consumer of comics.
    Rodolphe Tpffer 19th century Swiss professor of literature.

    - was an important precursor of the comic form. 1830s-40s.


    PUNCH the British humour
    magazine begun in 1841 was very
    influential in popularizing the satirical
    cartoon around the world.

    Cartoon- Originally referred to a


    drawing made in preparation for the
    final painting, in European art.

    Today, a 'cartoon' is usually a single


    panel humorous drawing published in
    newspapers.
    It also refers to animation films.
    A person who draws cartoons is
    referred to as a 'cartoonist'.
    This 1843 illustration is the first modern usage of the word
    'Cartoon', to mean satirical drawing.
    Inspired by Punch, humour magazines
    filled with cartoons began to appear
    elsewhere.

    The cover of the first Japan Punch, 1883.

    In India, the Urdu language Oudh Punch


    was first published in 1877, from
    Lucknow.
    The Yellow Kid (1894-95), published in the American newspaper New York
    Journal, was one of the earliest comic strips using a recurring character.
    Newspaper comic strips in
    America became more
    sophisticated and started using full
    colour in the 1900s-20s.
    Little Nemo
    In
    Slumberland.
    (1905-1914)
    Krazy Kat
    (1913-44)
    By
    George
    Herriman.
    Cover of the first issue of Action
    Comics which featured the new
    'superhero' Superman. (June 1938)
    Page 1 of the first Superman
    comic. (June 1938)
    Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. (1929)
    -first Tintin story.

    Herg began his French language


    Tintin series in 1929.
    Tintin in Tibet. (1960)
    In Japan, Osamu Tezuka pioneered the long narrative format in comics.
    (Above) His first work New Treasure Island. (1947)

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