Comic book

A comic book or comic book, also called comic magazine or only comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Groups are often accompanied by short descriptive prose and written narrative; usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although comics has some origins in 18th century Japan, comic books were first popularized in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1930s. The first modern comic book, Famous Funnies, was released in the U.S. in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips, which had established many of the story-telling devices used in comics. The term comic book derives from American comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone; however, this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres, usually not funny in tone.