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Comics

Comics is a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically takes the form of a sequence of panels of images.

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Origins and traditions

Forms and formats

Comics studies

Terminology

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Comics

Nodes195
Edges194
Triples216
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010256
Components1

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Comics

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related to Origins and traditions · 37
Comics → American, Americans, Charles Henry Ross, Chesler, Discount, English-speaking, Europe, Europeans, Examples, Golden Age, Harry, Hokusai, In, Japan, Japanese, Katzenjammer Kids, Loan, Monsieur Cryptogame, Moritz, Mysteries
related to English-language comics · 33
Comics → Ally Sloper, American, An, Between, Britain, Early Sunday, Gamle Muppen, Gustave Verbeek, He, Illustrated, In, In Uppåner, ISBN, Judge, Life, Lilla Lisen, Little Lady Lovekins, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2
related to Comics studies · 28
Comics → Alain Rey, American, Benoît Peeters, By, David Carrier, European, French, Harry Morgan, Harvey, Henri Vanlier, In, Lawrence Grove, McCloud's, Morgan, Neil Cohn, No, Other, Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle, Scott McCloud, Similar
related to Franco-Belgian and European comics · 18
Comics → As, Cartoons, European, Following, Franco-Belgian, Le Journal, Max, Mickey, Moritz, Puce, Spirou, Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer, The, The Adventures, Tintin, US, Wilhelm Busch, Zig
related to Etymology · 14
Comics → American, Chinese, Comic, English, French-language Franco-Belgian, German, It, Japanese, Korean, Many, Russian, Similarly, The, The English-language
related to Japanese comics · 14
Comics → American, American-style, By, Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, Illustrated, Japan, Japanese, Jiji Manga, Jiji Shinpō, New, Rakuten Kitazawa, The, Western, Western-style
related to Korean comics · 13
Comics → As Korea, Chinese, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Korea's, Korean, Manga's, Manhwa, Modern, The, This, While
related to Forms and formats · 11
Comics → American, Comic, Europe, European, In, Japan, Japanese, Since, Specialized, Sunday, US
related to External links · 9
Comics → Academic, Comic ArtJournal, Comics ScholarshipImageTexT, Graphic Novels, Interdisciplinary Comics StudiesImage, Journal, Narrative Archived, The Comics Grid, Wayback MachineInternational Journal
related to Terminology · 5
Comics → Panels, Prime, The, Tom's, When

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comic century japanese books manga strips early images term 20th began often medium became popular history japan american magazines used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Comicsis amedium used to express ideas with images0.90text
Comicsis avisual art form0.90text
Comicsis aincorporation of verbal content0.90text
Comicsis amedium0.90text
speech balloonsinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
captionsinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogueinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
narrationinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
sound effectsinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
or other informationinstance ofTextual devices0.80text
mass reproduction or the use of recurring charactersinstance ofand others historical aspects0.80text
graphic novelsinstance ofbound volumes0.80text

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