Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
What are comics and how do they work? Defining comics becomes somewhat challenging. The author uses "sequential art". This covers comic books and most comic strips (but leaves out "single frame" comics.) It also goes on to include cave paintings and various other art forms.
Comics have a number of unique aspects that help to tell a story. They are a form that actively combines pictures and words to tell a story. This has contributed to their reputation of "lower class" work, in part due to the differing evolution of pictures and books. Comics have also produced innovations to explore time and emotions. Abstraction can be used to bring out or hide details as well as help be relate to certain parts of comics. There is a create deal of complexity in what seems to be a "simple" art form.
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