ELA+Aspects

Welcome to ELA Aspects! toc

= = = = = = = = = = This page was designed to identify and define different characteristics of comics that are found in reading. Below you will find resources created to make reading comics easier. The following resources consist of language aspects, visual aspects, and genres.

= 1) Language Aspects = Language aspects are an important part of comic books and graphic novels. Learning all the ins-and-outs of this whole other language can be challenging. Below is a link to a document that may help you and your students decipher what language elements mean and what they may look like within these types of texts. You will find an alphabetical list of different grammar and aesthetic components of comics.



= 2) Visual Aspects = = = As Scott McCloud (1993) has explained, we have all started out using words and images interchangeably. Visual images are an essential part of comics and graphic novels. Below is a link to a document that was designed to help both you and your students decipher the meanings behind some of the visual aspect of comics.



= 3) Genres = Comics have been created as an art form for over two hundred years. Comic genres has been developed and changed over time, and it is still changing. Below is a link to a document that contains the main genres nowadays. You can find both explanations and examples of different types of comics.



= 4) Fonts =

**Click the pictures to view examples of these different fonts.**

A) Dialogue Fonts
These include: Standard, Includes Lowercase, Unconventional, Creatures, and Robotic

B) Sound FX Fonts
These include: Standard, Elemental, and Jagged & Distressed

C) Design Fonts
These include: Classic Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Handwritten, Blocky & Sans Serif, and others.

D) Symbol Fonts
These included symbols as replacements for alphabetic letters, typically revolving around a theme for the particular set.