Comics - The link between art and literature

 

Throughout this project you have been looking at different forms of comics as well as the elements within them. The composition of pictures and text within comics is a superb journey full of interesting elements of design which has evolved throughout the years. The elements within a comic are eminent towards portraying the story created.

By the end of this development you are to understand the different elements which are found within a comic and you are expected to have a brief understanding of the history of comics, therefore how they have arrived to become what they are today.

Some questions you may want to ask while reviewing this project may be found below:

What was your initial idea of the word �comic�?
How do you consider this to be a type of art?
Have you realised the process through which this art form has journeyed?
What is the importance of pictures in the comic?
What is the importance of text within the comic?
What method of narration takes place?
What type of panels have you made use of?
Have you considered speech and thought balloons?
What have these represented?
Did you make use of any captions?
How do these aid in following the story?
Is the connection between one panel and the next an easy one?
How do you view comics now?