Other Graphic Novels And Comics

Across libraries and the internet there are many different forms and styles of comics and graphic novels. Although i have already looked at graphic novels including the first there many available to get. What i have been looking at is the use of different forms of comics and graphic novels and also how we can use graphic novels to help promote a game or extent a game.

Digital Webcomics:

There are many different forms of digital comics with the usual comics posted online in which you can just click page to page to small boxed panelled comics. Each has its own use for the style. I recently bought a book called 'Ice cream and sadness, Cyanide and Happiness vol2' Its a series of short 'webcomics' that created comedy through the use of short puns. They style is very simplistic and child like but there short cartoon panels fit what they are creating.

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There work began on the internet and got very popular in which they extended into other areas like animation to keep there work going. There comics have made there way into books that are a collection of webcomics not graphic novels. I like how they have combined the simplistic art style into the background boarder of the comic as well. It gives it a new style altogether and makes the pieces feel like they work unlike most graphic novels and comics that stick to straight edged panels.

Manga:

If most likely have seen anime or at least heard of manga as a childish art form. What manga is tho is a artstyle that has stormed the comic world. Created in japan the word japans word for Manga translates in english as comic or cartoon. It is believed that manga came from the art of scrolls and that it has just changed during time. Manga is famous around the world as it now is a recognized art form and the amount of fans is huge. In japan there are currently lots of different types of manga to suit different needs and styles.

Manga comic example:



Manga is more known for its artstyle and various styles as chibi art and antiofomoric have appeared thanks to manga. What is more impressive is the use of styles that have appeared from manga. I have mentioned in a earlier post about how manga use a black background to express the change from present to past. You can see this techenic used above. There panels usually are in formed patterns but can wander and be out of line usually to show progression or break up story parts.