What is a Graphic Novel?
A story told through visual illustrations?
What is a comic strip.
comic books emerged in what year?
When is the 1930's.
the square or rectangle that contains a single scene?
What are panels
boxes containing text that may include scene-setting, description, etc.
what is a caption
Who is the writer.
a magazine or publication consisting entirely of comics?
What is a comic book.
what was the name of the timeframe "age" of when comic books started.
What is Golden Age of Comic Books.
What are gutters
a sound represented in text; the font, coloring, and lettering, etc
what are sound effects
this person is responsible for reviewing the story and offering helpful criticism before it going to print.
Who is the Editor.
In order to fully understand a graphic novel, you need to read both the BLANK and the BLANK
What is pictures and words.
what was the next timeframe or "age" that comic books emerged into which is when the first comic book convention was held.
What is Silver Age of Comic books.
One row of panels is called
What is a tier
rounded rectangular squares that contain dialogue with a "tail" to indicate who is speaking. (TWO NAMES)
what are speech bubbles/speech balloons
This person is responsible for the visual components.
Who is the Artist.
We read this direction, just like traditional texts. (_____ to _______ & ________ to ________)
What is left to right and top to bottom.
Which timeframe "age" lasted until about 1985, which is when new publishers began to introduce and tackle more mature themes.
When is Bronze Age of Comic Books.
an image that spans more than one page
what is a spread
these "cloudlike" shapes show thoughts instead of dialogue. (TWO NAMES)
what are thought bubble/thought balloons
this person creates the text in the story including text size, font, etc.
Who is the Letterer.
Japanese graphic novel's are called _____, and are read from ________ to ________.
What is Manga and left to right.
Which "age" of Comic Books are we considered in today?
How the panels, text, dialogue, etc. are arranged on a page
what is composition
what is the most important component of a graphic novel, that helps us fully understand the story.
What is illustrations or graphics or visuals or images.
This person comes in after all images are completed, and they fill in all of the black and white lines with color.
Who is the Colorist.