He was reading a comic book, and he didnt even look up as they came in. Also check out describing words for comic book and find more words related. Comic book definition, a magazine with one or more comic strips. This collectibles shop page has the standard 10 point grading scale and definitions, as used in the overstreet guide. The definition of comic strip as essentially containing text inscribed within balloons inside the picture frame aspires to a certain orthodoxy in the united states, but it is unworkable and would exclude most strips created before about 1900 and. As defined by scott mccloud in understanding comics, comics are juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information andor to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer. For malachis program, o neals vision was a comic book, so mourners could remember the child as powerful and heroic. Will eisners a contract with god, which featured orthodox jews, the first comic con, and the first comicbook. He glanced at the tree behind which, he knew, doom sat reading a comic book. Associations to the word comic word associations network.
The influence of comic books on todays youth published shortly before the subcommittee hearing, and a ferocious promoter of the theory that linked comicsall comicsto juvenile crime. Comicstrip book synonyms, comicstrip book antonyms. A comic book can stand on its own or be a part of a series. Synonyms for comic books include comics, cartoons, funnies, caricatures, cartoon strips, comic strips, funny pages, funny papers, funny magazines and graphic novels. List of terms for comics studies by andrei molotiu. Sometimes, multiple issues of a series are collected into one volume. Comic definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Meaning intentionally funny, raising mirth is first recorded 1791, and comedic 1630s has since picked up the older sense. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Information and translations of comic book in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. The first was fredric wertham, a germanborn psychiatrist, author of seduction of the innocent. Greetings, loyal cubers, and welcome to the index for comic book glossary. A comic book or pamphlet is the traditional periodical form most people are familiar with.
Comic as an adjective also has the meaning of funny, or as pertaining to comedians, which can cause confusion and is usually avoided in. Book definition in the cambridge english dictionary. One such algorithm uses word embedding to convert words into many dimensional vectors which represent their meanings. This isnt a time machine in the comic book use of the term. Other terms used as synonyms for comics are sequential art, a term coined and popularized by will eisner, and graphic novel, which is normally used to denote.
These comics are read right to left, opposed to left to right like western comics. The emblem of the cca is a white stamp in the upper right hand corner of comics dated after february 1955. Comic noun definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Splash page when a panel consists of the entire page. A series is also sometimes called a title, which refers to the entire series, not a single, discrete unit. Here is a glossary of comic book terms, that are regularly used in comic book media and. Find all the synonyms and alternative words for comic book at, the largest free online thesaurus, antonyms, definitions and translations resource. A term indicating a given book is in the same condition as when originally published. The cca was the comic book equivalent of the mpaa rating.
Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Comic book series a set of comics that deal with aparticular character characters over an extended period of time. Text containers balloons aka speech balloons, bubbles the objects that are used to contain the dialogue that the characters in the comic speak. If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. See the superhero nationspecific glossary here arc. Onelook, oxford, american heritage, merriamwebster, wikipedia. Book of words definition of book of words by the free. Comic books vary in length but are often between 10 to 30 pages long and deal with one plot problem for the charaters to deal with. The term run can refer to multiple things in big 2 comics. Often textual devices such asspeech balloons, captions, and sound effects onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, or other information.
Comic definition, of, relating to, or characterized by comedy. Comic book definition of comic book by merriamwebster. Comic synonyms, comic antonyms merriamwebster thesaurus. Comic book definition and meaning collins english dictionary. They typically have smooth edges, but can also have jagged or irregular edges. Words to describe the way a shot is compised are the same as words used to describe camera angles in a film. A comic book cover overlaid with a ridged plastic sheet such that the special artwork underneath appears to move when the cover is tilted at different angles perpendicular to the ridges. Speech balloon the bubble containing words that lets the reader know what the character is saying. Definitions of comic book onelook dictionary search. An earlier, shorter version of it was published in 2006 on the website of the national association. Comic books have a greater variety of units of encapsulation than comic strips, including the panel, the page, the spread, and inset panels. A comic book or comicbook, 1 also called comic paper or comic magazine often shortened to simply comic or comics is a magazine made up of comics narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog usually in word balloons, emblematic of the comic book art form as well as including brief descriptive prose. Additional or supplementary material generally found at the end of a book.
It can refer to an issue, but it usually refers to a standalone story comic run. The vectors of the words in your query are compared to a huge database of of precomputed vectors to find similar words. Related words runs on several different algorithms which compete to get their results higher in the list. The 2 reputable thirdparty professional grading services both begin with c use the same scale, but not exactly the same criteria, but overstreet has collaborated with them for their newest grading guide. This is a glossary of terms related to comic books. Comic book definition is a magazine containing sequences of comic strips usually hyphenated in attributive use.
Rhymes near rhymes phrase rhymes synonyms related definitions similar sound same consonants definitions of comic strip. A loose term implying collectible books rather than used books. Comic book fans have a huge head start with this word, having grown up with the uncanny xmen, who all have supernatural powers. Synonyms for comicstrip book at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. The comic strip is essentially a mass medium, printed in a magazine, a newspaper, or a book. Regarding an alleyway on clark street that appears in issue 91. Comics is a visual medium used to express ideas via images, often combined with text or visual information. The comic book convention was questioned as to its appropriateness for the tragic theme. Synonyms for comic book include comic, comic strip, graphic novel, magazine, caricatures, cartoons, comics, comic section, funnies and funny book. A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panel a panel is one of the boxes on the page of a comic book. A comic book, also known as a comic or floppy, is a periodical, normally thin in size and stapled together.
A comic book is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. Synonyms for comic book at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. The comicbook market, he said, is the worst market that there is on the face of the earth for creative talent. I put together the following list of terms, for the use of my students at indiana university, bloomington and at the university of louisville, over the more than a decade that i have been teaching courses on comics. A work whose authenticity or authorship is in doubt.
Its important to note that comics are a medium of storytelling, not a genre of story. Comic book definition of comic book by the free dictionary. Balloons are frequently rounded, but can take many shapes including rectangular. Well supplement this with more indepth editions going forward. A floppy is a generalized term for a short floppy comic. Comic book series synonyms, comic book series antonyms. I think, he testified, that hitler was a beginner compared to. You can get the definitions of these comic book related words by clicking on them. Mike griffin, i want to teach, money was not an issue is the next entry in this blog. Graphic novel often a fancier term for collected edition but can also be used. Issue definition, examples, related words and more at. Comics is used as a noncount noun, and thus is used with the singular form of a verb, in the way the words politics or economics are, to refer to the medium, so that one refers to the comics industry rather than the comic industry. Two page spread when the comic book art spills over into two pages.