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Comics (from the Greek κωμικός, kōmikos “of or pertaining to comedy” from κῶμος - kōmos “revel, komos”,[1]  via the Latin cōmicus) is a graphic medium in which images convey a sequential narrative. The term derives from the mostly humorous early work in the medium, and came to apply to that form of the medium including those far from comic. The sequential nature of the pictures, and the predominance of pictures over words, distinguishes comics from picture books, though there is some overlap between the two. Most comics combine words with images, often indicating speech in the form of word balloons, but pantomime strips, such as The Little King, are not uncommon. Words other than dialogue, captions for example, usually expand upon the pictures, but sometimes act in counterpoint.

Early precursors of comics as they are known today include Trajan’s Column and the work of William Hogarth. By the 19th century, the medium as we know it today began to take form among European and American artists. Comics as a real mass medium started to emerge in the United States in the early 20th century with the newspaper comic strip, where its form began to be standardized (image-driven, speech balloons, etc.), first in Sunday strips and later in daily strips. The combination of words and pictures proved popular and quickly spread throughout the world.

this term basically covers everything and anything to do with comics: comic books, comic strips, magazine cartoons, graphic novels, caricatures, web comics, underground and mainstream works, political cartoons, gag illustrations, comics-related artwork, etc. Comic art collections emphasize history: the history of comics themselves, and also how past events were documented by the comics of the times.

Comics is famous around teens and childrens because of the way that sketches looking.The definitions of comics is different than animation because comics is not a moving sketches while some comics is just using single color(black and white).

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