THE MARVELOUS WORLD OF COMICS
In the entire world, there are a lot of things that people
can define as entertainment: music, games, art, movies and internet. But, there
is a special, cheap and printed way to entertain people: comics. Many experts
have said that comic is the ninth art, and it has influenced the society in
many different ways. Scot MaCloud defines comic as a sequence of illustration
with the purpose of transmitting feelings and information, in order to obtain
an aesthetic answer by the reader. Moreover, comics use to be published in
paper. But, with the fast advances of technology, comics are published in
internet and e-books too. These are some of the reasons of its ease of acquisition;
its capacity of giving emotional messages to the reader and – of course – its
popularity.
The comics were created a long time ago. The first
comics appeared in the ancient Egypt. According to this information, many
people say that hieroglyphics are the parents of the comics. In Rome there were
comics too, but many of them consisted on slogans against the Roman Empire, in
other words: there were just satires. In 1900 the comics began to be published
in the kiosks with creations such as Krazy
Kat, Bringing up father and Flash
Gordon. But the comics were internationalized with very famous stories such as
Le journal de Mickey and Tintín. USA, Japan and France lead the trade of
comics with enterprises such as Marvel, Shonen Jump and Pilote. The evolution
of comics is very interesting due to its relation with ancient cultures that have
influenced the current comic.
Comic is not just cartoons due to they are an
influential mean of communication that transmits feelings that catch the
attention of readers. It is considered as a new kind of language, when most of
the information is shown with facial and corporal expressions. Every story
captured in comics is a graphic narrative; each vignette is related to the
previous and the next one but no one is independent. For that reason, comics
are considered as a perfect combination of corporal and spoken language. Besides,
comics have a very wide offer because they have contents for all the genres and
ages: since superheroes, adventures, kingdoms, romance and love until policy,
sex, drugs, explicit violence, and so forth. Comics cover all the likes and this is one of
the reasons why comic is so wanted..jpg)
Comic is also a life style, many people adopt some features
of their favorite comic characters because they feel identified with them. Even,
many people in the world make and dress clothes of their favorite comic
characters! These people use to be called Cosplay
that is a combination of the words “Costume”
and “Play”. Also, these people meets
in cons around the world where they can do many things related with comics: to
discuss; to learn more about how to draw comics; to watch videos about comics;
to participate in contests and conferences; buy/sell comics, action figures;
etc. This kind of events assembles the fans of comics of many countries and –at
the same time - demonstrates the importance of comics for many people that see
in comics a new way of interpreting the life.
In conclusion, comic is one of the most important and successful
industries of entertainment that can be compared with music, literature,
cinema, Internet and TV. It has influences in all the parts of the world
because of its high popularity, its simplicity, the variety of contents for
different readers that comics manage and its facility of showing feelings to
the public. Otherwise, the evolution of technology and internet helped comics
to increase its ease of access for readers because they can find a lot of them
wherever they want. Finally, comic is a world phenomenon and is very important
to be familiarized with it because it is not just a hobby but also a kind of worship
for many readers who see in comics a mirror of their lives and beliefs, a way
of dressing and a great opportunity to meet new people with their same likes.
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