FICTION ADAPTATION • Comic Strips Research

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Peanuts Comic Strip

Comic strips begin in the 20th century and were usually published in newspapers and magazines. They would consist of a series of images in a strip that would tell a story through the images and speech/thought bubbles. Now, with the development of the internet, they also appear online, more commonly known as web comics. The 1920's saw Popeye, Tarzan and The Adventures of Tintin appear in our newspapers; these comics were hand drawn and by a comic artists. 
  • I chose to hand draw my characters and backgrounds because I wanted to stick with the conventions of a comic strip but also because it meant that I could portray my characters in the exact way I wanted to. 

Garfield Comic Strip

One of the main conventions from comic strips is speech bubbles and thought bubbles. These appear of a character's head, depicting speech or an idea/thought they've had. This allow words from the story to be understood by the audiences and because it is in print form and there in no audio or written story to go with it, an audience must be able to understand just from the images. 
  • I chose to use speech and though bubbles because I liked the simplistic style of having single or few words up on screen, but also because my poem is very past paced, some of the words and important moments in the story can get lost in the spoken poem, therefore having single words in thought bubbles or short questions make it clear to the audience what is happening in the story. 


A medieval example of a comic strip is the Bayeux Tapestry which depicts a historic event on a long strip of textile. 

Bayeux Tapestry



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http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/October_1950_comic_strips

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/garfield-food_n_3935853.html

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