Terms 1.0
A distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text
What is a Panel?
The area towards the middle of the panel where the viewer is most likely to look first.
What is midground?
Hands raised with palms out suggest what emotion:
These are boxes containing a variety of written text elements, including scene setting, description, etc.
What is Captions?
A novel written in comic strip format.
What is a graphic novel?
The lines and borders that contain the panels.
What is the frame?
The additional detail, not really prioritized by the viewer.
What is the background?
The wringing of hands suggest what emotion:
These enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker's mouth, they are often drawn in a circular shape.
What are speech balloons?
A sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.
What is a comic strip?
The space between framed panels.
What is the gutter?
The way some images draw the idea more than others.
Hands over mouth suggest what following emotion:
What is fear, shame, or shyness.
The use of onomatopoeic words such as "bam" or "bang" or "Wow"
What is special-effects lettering?
a magazine that presents a serialized story in the form of a comic strip, typically featuring the adventures of a superhero.
What is a comic book?
An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page.
What is bleed?
The use of heavy light-dark contrast, a repeated pattern, or brilliant color are all examples of:
What is graphic weight?
Feet-in-motion pen strokes suggest what?
What is sense of panic, urgency, or speed
These are texts or icons usually written above a speaker's head that symbolize the speaker's thoughts/emotions.
What is emanata?
a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children.
What is manga?
The panel closest to the viewer.
What is foreground?
A face drawn without much expression or detail is called
What is open blank?
Turned in feet suggest what emotion:
What is embarrassment?
A panel that takes up the space of several panels in the comic in order to introduce or highlight an action or character.
What is a splash panel?
a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children
What is anime?