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Objectives

In this chapter you will learn:

1) about the relationships between comic books and other forms of sequential art;

2) the essential differences between a comic strip and a comic book;

3) a model for the communication process of putting meaning into and taking meaning from comic books; and

4) reasons why comic books should be studied.

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Cartoons, Comics, and Sequential Art

Differentiating the Comic Book from the Comic Strip Medium

Production Perspective

Distribution Perspective

Art Form Perspective

Cultural Perspective

A Communication Model of Comic Books

Source

Feedforward

Feedback

Gatekeepers

Encoded Message

Delivery
Decoded Message

Noise

Amplification

Analyzing: Why Study Comic Books?

First Reason: Originality of the Art Form

Second Reason: The New Literacy

Third Reason: Historical Significance
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Discovering: The Development of Comic Books as Literature
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Fourth Reason: Potential of the Medium


Discussion Questions

Activities

Recommended Readings

     Comics

     Scholarly Sources