medium
having verbal side of its vocabulary
tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative
or information
only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy
by using both visual (non-verbal) and verbal side in interaction
. Although some comics are picture-only, pantomime strips, such as The Little King
, the verbal side usually expand upon the pictures, but sometimes act in counterpoint
.
The term derives from the mostly humorous early work in the medium, and came to apply to that form of the medium including those far from comic.
...'comic' simply means funny, so the word is inadequate. To tack on the word 'adult' has resulted in a style of magazine suitable for only some adults, glossy comics barely containing their airbrushed breasts, leaving little room for genuine content.
...in a visual medium, a comics format ... the writer works for the artist, in the same that the writer in a movie works for the director.
The British novel has become so thin-blooded and out of touch with anything. And television drama's been pretty much emasculated. Comics is one place where no one's looking. And you get this work out, which would once have been some bizarre film by Lindsay Anderson, but now there'd be no possible way of getting that funded. Comics' marginalisation allows you to do a lot that you wouldn't be able to do otherwise.