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Origins of Comics
Part OneSlide2
"Comics are a way of creating a universe and
populating
it with characters using a secret code that works in the simplest and most direct way possible to enter the 'reader's' brain... series of little pictures and groups of words arranged in a rhythmic pattern to create and activate a world inside us.” - James Kochalka, The Horrible Truth About Comics Slide3
Defining Terms!
Medium
GenreBroadsheetPanelDiegesisComic bookComic stripSlide4
What constitutes a comic?
What are some of the criterion of comic art?
Images?Text?Story?All of the above?Slide5
Is this the first comic?
Hall of Bulls C. 16,000 – 14,000 BC, Lascaux Caves, FranceSlide6
Are these comics?
Egyptian Hieroglyphic panelSlide7
Bayeux Tapestry
Video about the tapestrySlide8
Comics defined
A static image or series of
static images, most commonly drawn, and often incorporating text, depicting the passage of time for a narrative or other informational purpose.Slide9
For example…
A static image or series of static
images…One or more non-moving images...Slide10
As well as …
...most commonly drawn, and often incorporating text...
...while comics can be done in a number of visual media, the majority are illustrated; also, while most comics rely on some for of text in order to present part of its information, some are purely visual...Slide11
...
depicting the passage of
time…Slide12
Ima
g
es placed in sequence create a storySlide13
Why create them?
...for a narrative or other informational purpose
. ... in order to tell a story or provide another form of information.Slide14
Text placementSlide15
Intent!
Just because an image falls under the
previously prescribed criteria does not make it a comic. The intent of creation is as vital in comic work as in any other form of art.Slide16
But what about these?Slide17
So, are these comics?Slide18
Why study comics?
Appreciating the art form
Understanding historical significanceVisualizing the potential of the mediumSlide19
So, what are the first comics?
William Hogarth (1697 – 1764)
Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846)