By definition, a comic is (The following definitions have been taken from various sources):
- A sequence of panels that tells a story;
- A children’s and young people’s publication whose subject matter unfolds through series of drawings;
- A graphic, humorous or children’s story;
- A means of artistic and narrative expression that combines literature and drawing in order to:
- Tell fictional or real stories
- Convey messages, values and social criticism
- Entertain children, young people and adults
- Educate
- A tool for communication, imagination and learning.
- Types of comics:
- Humor, superhero, science fiction, horror, historical, educational.
- Comics everyone knows:
- Asterix and Obelix, Tintin, Mort & Phil, Snoopy, Superman, Spiderman
- Comic authors we should have in our personal libraries:
Goscinny, Uderzo, Hergé, Ibáñez, Quino, Stan Lee
- And a special mention: Maus by Art Spiegelman.
With all this in mind: Are comics part of what we call literature, or not?