comics
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Comics are a form of visual storytelling that combine illustrated images with text to tell narratives, as exemplified by classic strips like Little Nemo from the early 1900s. They matter because they represent a distinctive artistic medium that has shaped popular culture and entertainment for over a century.
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- Origins and traditions
- English-language comics
- Franco-Belgian and European comics
- Japanese comics
- Korean comics
- Argentine comics
- Forms and formats
- Comics studies
- Terminology
- Etymology
- See also
- See also lists
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Books
- Academic journals
- Web
- Further reading
- External links
upright=1.25|thumb|Little Nemo, August 19, 1906 strip
Comics are a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common means of image-making in comics. Photo comics are a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels and comic albums have become increasingly common, along with webcomics.