Types of Comics & Creators

a medium for telling stories or conveying information through a series of images arranged to be read in a certain order

• comics

• comic book

• graphic novel

• sequential art

• manga

Japanese-style comics

• comics

• comic book

• graphic novel

• sequential art

• manga

comics without text

• comics

• comic book

• graphic novel

• sequential art

• manga

a short part of a larger story told in comic issues

• comics

• comic book

• graphic novel

• sequential art

• manga

a book-length comic that tells a complete story

• comics

• comic book

• graphic novel

• sequential art

• manga

a creator who does final inks over another artist's pencils

• cartoonist

• writer

• penciller

• inker

• colorist

a creator who adds text to comics

• cartoonist

• writer

• penciller

• inker

• letterer

a creator who adds color to comics

• cartoonist

• penciller

• inker

• colorist

• letterer

a creator who writes a comic script in words

• cartoonist

• writer

• penciller

• inker

• letterer

a creator who both writes and draws comics

• cartoonist

• writer

• penciller

• colorist

• letterer