What is a medium used to express ideas by images?
Comics
Are these images often combined with other information?
yes
What kind of information?
text or other visual information.
How many kinds of textual devices are often used?
six
What contributes to narrative pacing?
Size and arrangement of panels
What is the most common image making means?
Cartooning and similar forms of illustration
Which form uses photographic images?
fumetti
When did graphic novels become common?
Since the late 20th century
What about webcomics?
in the 21st century.
Has the history of comics followed the same paths in different cultures?
no
Where have scholars postited comic pre-history to?
the Lascaux cave paintings.
Did comics flourish in western Europe in the mid 20th century?
yes
Any place in particular?
(especially in France and Belgium)
Any other places?
The United States and Japan
Where is European comics traced to?
Rodolphe Töpffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s,
When did they become popular?
in the 1930s
What was a popular comic book during that time?
The Adventures of Tintin.
When were magazine style comic books emerging?
the 1930s
Did this lead to the popularity of the superhero genre?
yes
Which superhero spawned this surge?
Superman