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Understanding comics
Understanding comics








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What is another way Japanese comics used objectifying power? Showing an object more realistically to make readers more aware of the object giving it more weight, texture, and more physical complexity. Why do cartoons have an advantage in breaking into world popular culture? Viewer-identification is a specialty of cartooning Why are backgrounds more realistic? No expects audiences to identify with brick walls or landscapes What is an example of a split style in characters and background? Tintin What is it called when comics have pronounced split backgrounds and characters? Clear-line or masking effect What does clear-line style allow readers to do? It allows them to mask themselves in a character and safely enter a sensually stimulating world Which type of comics tend to use the clear-line style less? American comics Which works has the clear-line style crept into in American comics? Carl Barks, Jaime Hernandez, Dave Sim, and Gerhard Which comics used the masking effect, making it a national style? Japan comics Which seminal influencer of comics gave a long, rich history to iconic characters? Osamu Tezuka How did the Japanese use objectifying power? Most characters were designed simply to assist in reader-identification other characters were drawn more realistically in order to objectify them, emphasizing their "otherness" from the reader.

understanding comics

What are our identities and awareness are invested in? Many inanimate objects everyday What are the two realms the things we experience in life can be separated into? concept and senses Where do our identities belong to permanently? conceptual world they cannot be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted What does everything else permanently belong to? sensual world the world outside of us What happens when we de-emphasize the appearance of the physical world in favor of the idea of form? The cartoon places itself in the world of concepts What do storytellers in all media know? A sure indicator of audience involvement is the degree to which the audience identifies with a story's characters.










Understanding comics