Across
- 4. Provides additional, subtextual information for the reader
- 6. This is a method of drawing attention to text; it often highlights onomatopoeia and reinforces the impact of words such as bang or wow
- 8. The panel closest to the viewer
- 9. These enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker’s mouth; they vary in size, shape, and layout and can alternate to depict a conversation
- 11. A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others
- 13. Allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision
- 14. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements, including scene setting, description, etc
- 15. Lines and squiggles that originate from a cartoon character or object to indicate movement or any of a variety of states of being
Down
- 1. A distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text in endless variety
- 2. Oftentimes the final line of the cartoon, this sentence or phrase is the lasting joke or message that makes the reader smile/laugh
- 3. This space between panels
- 5. In cartoons, artists often stretch the truth, hyperbolize, and create caricatures to emphasize key ideas or attributes with respect to the main claim
- 7. An image or object that represents a larger and more abstract idea
- 8. The lines and borders that contain the panels
- 10. An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page
- 12. The areas between and around objects