Comic strips are created to tell a story. Setting, characters, and storyline are the three essential components of a story. Comic books combine text and images equally. A series of frames is used in comic strips to depict story progression.

Coloring books have been present on most children’s growing up years. They’ve been told to color within the lines, but there have been instances that “coloring out of the lines” has proven to be a success.

This form of publication can be a good start to introducing children to reading, but they can also be the choice of reading material for children even as they grow older. There is the first item on the list of what comics and comic books can bring to people: turn them into lifelong readers.

An animator is similar to a performer in front of the camera in that he must act out his emotions and interpret the scene with his pencil; he must also understand character spacing because it affects the tempo of the animation; he must understand expression; he must understand feeling; and he must understand the character in order to make him walk in a comical manner.

It has been said that “all work and no play make Jack (or Jill or Jane or Joe) a dull person.” Once in a while, a time away from what you normally does for a living would benefit you mentally, physically, spiritually, even financially. Going on an adventure would give you the recharge that you would be so surprised to know you need all along.

Have you ever raced for the comics portion of the newspaper (if you ever saw newspaper in your lifetime)? Were there particular scripts that you look forward to every day or week after week? And do you still wonder if comics and/or comic books have purpose in the society?

A comic book is a “visual” publication that is presented in a series of boards with narratives. Depending on comic book artists and writers, comics usually begins with one story that can be extended for several series. Also depending on the comic book artists and writers, they can present their illustrations in full or colors or black and white. Comics typically introduces one or more characters that can stand alone or be in a story collectively. Some examples of the latter are the popular superheroes comics such as those from DC and Marvel. The story and art in comic books have become more sophisticated as the medium has regained the popularity it had in its early years. What begun as “simple” art has grown into complicated, advanced, and progressive comics that the audience continue to love.

After all his years of watching classic cartoons and comic strips, taking the good and eliminating the garbage, author Brian Pearson felt he has finally come up with the project that will surely be a classic for years to come. He brings back the fun adventures with the release of “Nicky De Mouse 2019”, the continuation of the classic Nicky De Mouse Comic Strips.