1.5 Comics and Graphic Novels vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Used for contextual information; furthest back in the panel.
  2. 7. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements including: scenesetting, description, voice-overs, time duration, etc.
  3. 9. in a visual text, the mirroring or correspondence of visual features
  4. 10. a novel in comic-strip format
  5. 14. refer to the closure process (where the reader mentally 'fills in the gaps') in the gutter, between panels. Artists use six types in comic books
  6. 16. A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using colour and shading in various ways
  7. 18. a bubble drawn above a character in a comic strip or cartoon to indicate what a character is thinking
  8. 22. The angle the panel is drawn in relation to its subjects. All of this will affect the reader's understanding of the subject. This affects the POV of the panel.
  9. 23. a periodical containing a series of multiple panels
  10. 26. the individual frame which captures a moment from a sequence of events in a comic strip
  11. 27. it often highlights onomatopoeia and reinforces the impact of words such as bang or wow.
Down
  1. 1. symbols and icons used in comic strips to represent emotion or activity
  2. 3. an exaggerated portrayal of one's features
  3. 4. a large panel that take up most or all of a page, or possibly even two pages
  4. 5. The lines and borders that contain the panels.
  5. 6. combines several iconographic elements that otherwise do not belong together in the same spatial relationship.
  6. 8. placing the subject between the foreground and background; where a viewer would be most likely to look first.
  7. 11. Lines used to create shading and texture.
  8. 12. The part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer, where the subject or the point is the focus for the reader
  9. 13. the process of turning an object or person into a cartoon by drawing them in a stylized or abstract way
  10. 15. the space surrounding the subject(s) of an image
  11. 17. a bubble drawn above a character in a comic strip or cartoon to indicate the character's speech
  12. 19. a single-panel drawing which often uses humour and satire to construct a message
  13. 20. the use of humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity
  14. 21. what happens in between the panels. The audience comes up with their own interpretation of the gap between panels, and this interpretation can be different for each audience member.
  15. 24. when the action of a panel spills beyond its frame(non-frame) and into the gutter
  16. 25. the space between panels in a comic strip