2007-09-20 12:31:36 · 10 answers · asked by nikita 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
which one?
2007-09-20 12:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by bluekitty1541 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story. Written and drawn by a cartoonist, such strips are published on a recurring basis (usually daily or weekly) in newspapers and on the Internet. In the UK and the rest of Europe they are also serialized in comic magazines, with a strip's story sometimes continuing over three pages or more. Comic strips have also appeared in US magazines such as Boys' Life.
Storytelling using pictures has existed at least since the ancient Egyptians, and examples exist in 19th Century Germany and England. American comic strip developed this format into the 20th century. It introduced such devices as the word balloon for speech, the hat flying off to indicate surprise, and random typographical symbols to represent cursing. The first comic books were collections of newspaper comic strips.
As the name implies, comic strips can be humorous (for example, "gag-a-day" strips such as Blondie, Bringing Up Father and Pearls Before Swine). Starting circa 1930, comic strips began to include adventure stories. Buck Rogers, Tarzan and The Adventures of Tintin were some of the first. Soap-opera continuity strips such as Judge Parker and Mary Worth gained popularity in the 1940s. All are called, generically, "comic strips", though cartoonist Will Eisner has suggested that "sequential art" would be a better name for them.
2007-09-20 19:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do comic strips mean?
Besides "strips of paper" with "comical" pictures and words?
More context for the question, please.
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But just for grins, watch the movie Unbreakable. The bad guy in the movie explains comic strips are like mythology on paper, containing stories that have their origins in heroic historical figures somewhere, sometime.
Running_Dad
2007-09-20 19:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by Running_Dad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, this is a homework question?!
The meaning of a comic strip....not a very good question, but the purpose is for entertainment, often with comedy.
2007-09-20 19:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Lost Poet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Comics usually try to have some humor.
They are there for entertainment mostly.
2007-09-20 19:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For entertainment. But each one is different. Some have a meaning only the creator knows.
2007-09-20 19:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the strip
2007-09-20 19:34:25 · answer #7 · answered by desperatehw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A panorama of short text and images depicting a short story.
2007-09-20 19:34:44 · answer #8 · answered by SolarWind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-20 19:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
?????????? is there an actual question forthcoming?
2007-09-20 19:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋