It uses continuous pictures and words to tell stories and portray characters, uses smooth lines and bright colors to depict characters' images and expressions, and attracts audiences with fine descriptions and vivid expressions.
The history of comic books can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, but the real comic books began to develop in Shanghai in the early 20th century. At that time, due to the improvement of printing technology and the popularization of Shanghai citizens' culture, comic books became a very popular art form and were called "picture books".
Comics are usually drawn on paper by painters with pencils or brushes. Each picture usually has only one or two pages, and the images and words on each page are carefully designed and typeset. It tells a story or event with continuous pictures and words, and each picture is connected with the front and back pictures to form a complete story.
Comics have a wide range of themes, including historical stories, folklore, fairy tales, classical literature, modern novels, children's stories and so on. It has a wide readership, from children to adults.
Three elements of comic books:
1, the picture is the main body of comics, and it is an important means to express stories and characters with images. Comic images usually take the form of continuous painting, and each picture is connected with the front and back pictures to form a complete story. The lines of the image should be smooth, the colors should be bright and beautiful, the characters should be vivid, the expressions should be rich, and the movements should be natural and smooth.
2. Text is an auxiliary means of comics, which is used to supplement and explain the content of images. Words should be concise, easy to understand, and the language should be vivid to attract readers' attention. At the same time, words should be able to accurately express stories and characters, and provide readers with clear clues to stories and relationships between characters.
3. The storyline is the soul of comics and an important factor to attract readers. The story of a cartoon should be tortuous and fascinating, the characters should be distinct and individual, and at the same time, it should have certain ideological depth and artistic value. The design of the story plot should conform to the logic of the development of characters and plots, and at the same time have certain creativity and imagination.