Essay Plan
Introduction: approximately 500-700words
l Introducing the title questions and the specific argument I intend to put forward.
l ‘Was comics originally made for adults, not for kids? comparison of the east and west.’ although this is likely to change as further research is undertaken and new aspects of the topic become apparent.
l A brief introduction to comic and history.
l It will start by providing a detailed summary of how comic industry begins
l How has comic changed in recent years
l Western part of the world are originally created for adults and not kids in the 19th century
Main body of text:
l The nature and development of comics
l Defines comic as a communicate medium
l Comics are characterized by vivid world
l Striking graphics and realistic themes are by and large dedicated to children readership
l What has comic as an devices medium expressed in aspiration
l Poignantly though, sex, violence
l Was comic audience mainly target for kids
l Debate on ‘’in the later part of the 1970s, comics turned to a readership of teenagers and children. A study in the late 1970s in fact revealed that 85% of the respondent’s favourite comic section of the newspaper and that 90% of these children were 8 and 13’’.
l When the first adult comic comes out, how did the comic movement and style changed.
l Comics were orientated not solely towards children, but had a mixed market in mind, male adults was their main target readership/
l Debate about ‘but gradually, in the now familiar way, the comic medium became associated more and more with children…etc.’-from Adult Comics by Roger Sabin.
l Factors which have influenced changes in comic movement
l Explain about any major changes and influence in the economy, political or mythology that could have had an effect on the comic audience. (POSTWAR, the golden age 1945-50,etc)
l Introducing about world comic, Europe and Japan are the two most advanced comic cultures in the world.
l From mythology to create Hero iconography
l Defines the different between manga and western comics
l Mangas are more than just ‘super heroic’ experiences.
l The comic art traditional and manga influenced by western styles
l ‘Japanese comics have a tendency to be much more visual than western comics…etc’ -from Adult Comics by Roger Sabin R.
l Comparing the Eastern and Western culture in a certain period, for example: the beginning of comic and manga, the development through the world wars, modern day worriors, etc
l Technology change: 3-d comics(if relevant to the topic)
l I might want to add some opinion from this quote,’ Comic for adults must therefore have been doubly suspected: delinquency among children was one thing-but children do not vote or make revolutions.’- from Adult Comics by Roger Sabin R.
Conclusion:
l A summary of the questions asked and the proposed arguments, along with the main research points.
l A brief evaluation of the spread and scope of research undertaken, and hence the validity of the argument.
l Might add a few personal opinions
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