Comics

'Comics' can refer to humorous performers. For this meaning, see comedian.

Comics is an art form using a series of static images to tell a story. Comics legend Will Eisner refered to comics as sequential art. Artist Scott McCloud refined this definition - "[Comics are] juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aestetic response in the viewer." According to these definitions, a single panel illustration (the Far Side, Family Circus)is not considered comics.

The images in comics are very often pen and ink drawings, but there are exceptions. Comics with photographic images have appeared in Wierdo magazine. (more examples!)

Subjects of comics vary, but certain subjects have dominated. These include humor, adventure, drama, science-fiction, and romance. Journalistic, historical, educational, erotic and propaganda comics have occasionally been produced.

Comics appear in a number of formats including:

• comic books
• comic strips
• graphic novels
• web comics
• sprite comics
• storyboards for films