2. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY “COMICS” COMIC IS A GRAPHIC MEDIUM IN WHICH IMAGES ARE UTILIZED IN ORDER TO CONVEY A SEQUENTIAL NARRATIVE
3. THEN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMIC THEMES, ISN’T IT? NO. THE TERM DERIVES FROM MASSIVE EARLY USE OF COMIC THEMES, BUT IS APPLIED TO ALL USES OF THIS MEDIUM
4. MOST COMICS COMBINE WORDS WITH IMAGES, OFTEN INDICATING SPEECH IN THE FORM OF WORD BALLOONS, BUT WORDLESS COMICS ARE NOT UNCOMMON WORDS OTHER THAN DIALOGUE, CAPTIONS FOR EXAMPLE, USUALLY EXPAND UPON THE PICTURES, BUT SOMETIMES ACT IN COUNTERPOINT