See also illustrations, journalistic writing, magazines, pop culture, visual literacy Comics are a category of popular literature mainly, although not exclusively, for children. As well as weekly comics we have all seen the annuals that feature...

The late 1800s and early 1900s saw the rise of the comic strip, a panel of drawings that form a narrative. England's W. F. Thomas created one of the first regularly featured characters, Ally Sloper, who appeared from 1884 to 1920. In the United States...

Comic book superheroes have served as icons of masculinity for generations. They provided boys with fantasies of amazing transformations from scorned 98-pound weaklings to super strong men that females adored, often shown in the magazines’ ads....

Technocomics are illustrated narratives in which science and technology play a major role in the determination of character and action. Superhero comics are often good examples, insofar as many of their protagonists receive superpowers as an unexpected...

Comics are seen as a low art, having established as a form in the late 19th and early 20th century. Whilst preceding works have are seen as sharing certain techniques, most notably the conveying of a narrative through imagery, most commentators are...

The days are gone when the Beano can stir up a media storm; but there were a few strong gusts at the beginning of February when it was announced that the Bash Street Kids were going to clean up their act. After 40 years...

Nobody's perfect. Not even superheroes. Just ask Greg Gildersleeve, a native of St. Joseph, who recently published his first comic book, featuring a flawed protagonist. "I'm always interested in different interpretations of superheroes," Gildersleeve says. "I like the idea of superheroes being...

Throw Indian and American soldiers into a barren Afghanistan desert, toss a nuclear warhead into the hands of terrorists and you have an action-packed plot in the latest graphic novel to be released by Virgin Comics.Created by graphic artists in the southern Indian city of...

They come for anime and original comic-book art. They come for video games, collectible figurines and to show off their "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings" costumes. They might even come to buy a winged helmet or a suit of armor.But many of the...

Essay plains the process of drawing pages for a comic book.