page_title: Yonkoma
hierarchical_section_title: Yonkoma
caption_attribution_description: English: Traditional layout of a Yonkoma. Panels are read from top-to-bottom (as shown) in this layout, although alternate layouts exist in which the traditional top-right to bottom-left approach applies.
context_page_description: Yonkoma manga, a comic strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requirements of the publication in which they appear. Although the word yonkoma comes from Japanese, the style also exists outside Japan in other Asian countries as well as in the English-speaking market.
context_section_description: Yonkoma manga (4コマ漫画, "four cell manga" or 4-koma for short), a comic strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requirements of the publication in which they appear. Although the word yonkoma comes from Japanese, the style also exists outside Japan in other Asian countries as well as in the English-speaking market (particularly in mid-20th century United States strips, where Peanuts popularized the format; most strips there, including the last several years of Peanuts, have since moved to a three-panel format).
caption: Traditional yonkoma layout