In the modern culture, comics are very popular especially in Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Thailand, etc. They are very popular among young generation and students. Comic is an art that used text, drawing, colors and graphics to tell stories. It is medium to express one’s ideas through graphics and sentences. The colors and graphics in these comics are selected very consciously and creatively so that they can attract the attention of students. The textual tools such as captions, balloons, clouds and onomatopoeia are used to indicate sentences, narrations, sound effects or other necessary information.
Akira (written by Katsuhiro Otomo), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (authored by Frank Miller), Berlin (created by Jason Lutes), X-Men#1, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Your Name., River’s Edge, and One Piece stand as timeless classics in the world of comics, cherished by fans worldwide. Comics usually come in book form or magazine form.
Importance of Comics:
Comic books are an important source of entertainment. A hybrid of animation and text, it allows the writer’s imagination to have freedom that do not allow in T.V. It engages the passion of the writer.
Comic books are superb in telling moral and fictional stories. They are easily digestible for children and plays a vital role in enhancing their thinking ability. They come in different genre like action, fiction, funny, love-biased, autobiography, horror and 18+.
Comics can be a good source of earning for artists. For instance, “Dragon ball” had 6.19 Millions average sales per volume.
They build the habit of reading and learning in children. They can be fruitful in leisure times. Comics books make children want to read them and increasing their verbal intelligence. “Batman”, a comic book, has helped children to improve their decision making power. Certain comic books have achieved such immense popularity that it has become imperative to adapt them into live-action productions. Similarly, specific manga series have also served as the foundation for various animated shows.
In today’s time, where T.V., internet, mobile phones and video games dominate the children habits, comic books still withstand its original position.
