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Metacomic

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Metacomic is a metafictional comics style in which the characters realize that they are living in a comic. In a metacomic, the characters are able to take advantage of the comic's structure to progress in the storyline. In brief, metacomic is a comic about a comic.

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Elements

  • Using the comic structure as an advantage (making the characters travel across comic panels, interact with speech balloons and other panels, or using the characters' speech as a "real", solid object).
  • Drawing the author themselves into the comic to act as a character and interact with other characters.
  • Using direct help from the author (the author's "hand" might appear to the comic and draw a helpful object, delete enemies with an eraser, or touch/move the characters).

    • Examples

  • Krazy Kat by George Herriman
  • L'Origine by Marc-Antoine Mathieu
  • Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
  • Opus by Satoshi Kon
  • Deadpool in Marvel Comics
  • The author of and characters from the webcomic Sinfest
  • The creators of the graphic novel Logicomix

    • References

    Metacomic Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA