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Ashylla Humaira Meirina Eka Muh Steeven
(33210078) (33210147) (33310064)
Sophie Izzati Yuni Indriyanti
(33210050) (33210086)
what are comics and its history?
A magazine or book that contains a set “The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck”
of stories told in pictures with a small published in Europe (1837).
amount of writing.
Became popular following the success in Nowadays, comics have various types,
the 1930s of strips and books such as styles, and genres.
“The Adventures of Tintin”.
Importance of comic in
literature/extensive reading
ENCOURAGING READING HABITS BROADENING ACCESS TO
LITERATURE
ENHANCING COMPREHENSION
SUPPORTING EXTENSIVE
DEVELOPING VISUAL LITERACY READING
Why Comics Make Reading Awesome
2. Increased Engagement and
1. Enhanced Comprehension
Motivation
3. Development of Reading 4. Support for Language
Strategies Acquisition
5. Inclusivity in Learning
ELEMENT OF COMIC
Story Line Perspective and Composition
Character Design Line Work
Panel Layout Color Palette
Dialogue Lettering and Typography
Challenge in Reading comics
READING COMICS CAN BE A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE, BUT IT CAN COME WITH ITS
OWN SET OF CHALLENGES. HERE ARE SOME COMMON CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS
Challenge in Reading comics
1. READING DIRECTION
2. COMPLEX LAYOUTS
3. CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION
4. UNDERSTANDING SUBTEXT AND VISUAL CUES
5. CULTURAL REFERENCES
6. STAYING ENGAGED
7. ACCESSIBILITY
8. VISUAL OVERWHELM
references
1. Meskin, A. (2007). Defining comics?. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 65(4), 369-379.
2. Ahmad, P. S., & Ma’rifatulloh, S. (2023). The Effectiveness of Using Comic Strips Toward Students’ Reading
Comprehension on Narrative Text. In ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching (Vol. 10, Issue 2, p.
276).
3. RISTIAN, Z. A. (2023). MANGA COMICS IN PRACTICING EXTENSIVE READING COMPREHENSION FOR UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS: A NARRATIVE RESEARCH.
4. Inge, M. T. (2016). Origins of Early Comics and Proto-Comics. In The Routledge Companion to Comics (pp. 9-15).
Routledge.
5. Solntseva, D. (2022). Learning from the Giants: Characteristics of a Digital Comics-Reading Platform.
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