What is a comic strip?
Q: What is a comic strip?
A: A comic strip is a short comic which is often found in newspapers.
Q: What are graphic novels?
A: Graphic novels are books of comics.
Q: What does manga mean?
A: The Japanese word for comics is manga, and people use this word for Japanese comics in English and other languages.
Q: How did the first comic strips in the United States get their name?
A: The first comic strips in the United States were funny, so they were called "comic strips" because "comic" is another word for "funny".
Q: How do stories or information get communicated in comics?
A: In comics, stories or information are given using pictures, or pictures and words together. In comics, a story is told with many pictures, mostly in panels.
Q: What kind of balloons are used to show speech in comics?
A: In comics, speech is usually shown through word balloons such as the "speech balloon", the "thought balloon" and the "scream balloon".
