Comic book

Comic books are books with comics, with pictures that make a story.Scott Shaw and Mike Kazaleh. 2012. Secret Agent Orange, Annoying Orange #1, New York: Papercutz, December 2012, pp. 61–62.Sabin, Roger 1996. Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: a history of comic art. Phaidon, London. ISBN 0 7148 3993 0 

 History 

 19th century 

Comics were started in the 19th century after the development of modern colour printing and many other inventions. Woodcut engraving was a cheaper type of illustration widely used in the 19th century. 

These are important because they created an understanding that illustrations are sometimes just as important as words. The first comic strip appeared in France in 1889, and in the U.S.A. in 1897.Couperie, Pierre and Horn, Maurice C. 1968. A history of the comic strip. Crown, New York 1968, translated from the French first edition of 1967, p9.

 20th century 

Since the middle 20th century DC Comics and Marvel Comics have introduced superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men. Very often, characters in books, video games, movies and television appear in comics, and sometimes comic book characters are used in movies, TV shows or video games.Mila Bongco 2015. Reading comics: language, culture, and the concept of the Superhero in comic books. Routledge, p.xv

Comic books are published in three different forms.
 Single issues that are usually 32 pages long are called comic books. These are printed and bound like a magazine, with the pages folded and stapled together through the centerfold.
 Several comics may be put together in a trade paperback. These have spines like a book and are glued together.
 A bigger comic book that is bound like a trade paperback but is all new, instead of collecting older comics, is called a graphic novel.

 American comics 

American comics are usually about superheroes. The first American comic book was made in 1933.

 East Asian comics 

 Japanese manga 

Japanese comics are called manga () and they are read from right to left.

 Korean manhwa 

Manhwa () are comic books or graphic novels originating from Korea.

 Examples 
The list of famous superhero comics are:
 Superman
 Batman
 Spider-Man
 Wonder Woman
 Supergirl
 Batgirl
 Hulk
 Thor
 Captain America
 Green Lantern
 Aquaman
 Fantastic Four
 X-Men
 The Flash
 Captain Marvel
 Iron Man

Some famous manga are:
 Naruto
 Dragon Ball
 Sailor Moon
 Death Note

 References 


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