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Task 3



Newspaper Comics -
Newspaper comics tend to be very short comic strips, that are usually about 1 – 3 panels long. They are usually humorous, and don’t contain much speech in them so they are kept short and sweet. Most are black and white, but occasionally you can find some coloured comic strips. The illustrations tend to be very simple and not too detailed.

Magazine Comics -
Magazine comics are a lot longer than newspaper comics, they can be an entire page or more, or an entire magazine of comics. They are usually coloured depending on the style of creator of the comic. There is more text is these comics and they usually follow a narrative.

Graphic Novels -
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format. The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.
Graphic novels are typically bound in longer and more durable formats than familiar comic magazines, using the same materials and methods as printed books, and they are generally sold in bookstores and specialty comic book shops rather than at newsstands. Such books can now be found in libraries which once ignored comic books.

My comic will go into a magazine comic. I feel this would be the only one my comic would fit into as it wouldn’t be long enough to be considered a graphic novel. However it’s long enough to go into a magazine comic. My comic will follow a narrative and will have much more text so it wouldn’t be able to go into a newspaper.

Cartoon -
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works. An artist who creates cartoons is called a cartoonist.

Flipbook –
A flip book or flick book is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change. Flip books are often illustrated books for children, but may also be geared towards adults and employ a series of photographs rather than drawings. Flip books are not always separate books, but may appear as an added feature in ordinary books or magazines, often in the page corners. Software packages and websites are also available that convert digital video files into custom-made flip books.

I will be creating a Cartoon. I think that if I were to create a flipbook then I wouldn’t be able to create it to a high standard as flipbooks are harder and more complicated to create than cartoons are, they also take a lot of time and effort. Generally I enjoy cartoons more as they can be produced as a full story, where as it would take a long time to create a full story as a flipbook.