Graphic Novel Terms

What is a Splash/Bleed?

• A single row of panels on the page

• A kind of panel that spans the width of the page. If it runs off the page entirely without a border to the panel, it is known as a ‘bleed’.

• The lines and borders on a page that contain the panels

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What is a Frame in graphic novels?

• The lines and borders on a page that contain the panels.

• A single row of panels on the page

• The drawings that are placed in the area most readers naturally have their eyes drawn to when viewing

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What is a Tier in graphic novels?

• A) A single row of panels on the page.

• B) The spaces between framed panels

• C) The panel closest to the viewer

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What is a Gutter in graphic novels?

• The drawings that are behind the foreground and midground

• The spaces between framed panels.

• The drawings that are placed in the area most readers naturally have their eyes drawn to when viewing

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What is the Midground in graphic novels?

• The drawings that are placed in the area most readers naturally have their eyes drawn to when viewing, usually it is near the center.

• The drawings that are behind the foreground and midground

• The panel closest to the viewer

What is an Emanta in graphic novels?

• A) A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others

• B) Teardrops, sweat drops, question marks, and motion lines that the artists draw besides character’s faces to portray emotion.

• C) Boxes containing a variety of text elements

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What are speech balloons used for in comics?

• To display sound effects

• To enclose dialogue from a specific speaker's mouth

• To show the time between panels

• To depict transitions

Sound effects or onomatopoeia are words that mimic ______.

• sounds

• colors

• shapes

• textures

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A cartoonist usually refers to a person who does most or all of the ______ duties.

• art

• cooking

• gardening

• plumbing

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Who writes the story and has the overall vision of how the story will go in comics?

• Cartoonist

• Writer

• Penciler

• Inker