Comics quiz

More questions about Comics

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the term for a single framed box containing one drawing in a comic strip?

   Answer: Panel

   Why: Scott McCloud showed that readers themselves fill in the action hidden in the blank gaps between panels, and that is what makes a comic move.

2. 2 Medium

   What name did Mort Walker give to symbols like sweat drops radiating from characters?

   Answer: Emanata

   Why: Mort Walker cataloged these recurring visual tropes in his satirical 1980 book The Lexicon of Comicana.

3. 3 Hard

   What patterned adhesive sheets did manga artists cut to shade pages?

   Answer: Screentone

   Why: Artists cut each sheet to shape with a knife, pressed it down, then shaved dots off with the blade to fade a gradient.

4. 4 Easy

   In the Marvel Method, who drew the pages before the dialogue?

   Answer: The penciler

   Why: Lee gave artists only a plot outline and wrote the dialogue after seeing the finished pages, so Kirby and Ditko set the pacing themselves.

5. 5 Medium

   Which hero's 1956 revamp launched the Silver Age of comics?

   Answer: The Flash

   Why: Showcase #4 revitalized superheroes by replacing Jay Garrick with police scientist Barry Allen as the Flash.

6. 6 Hard

   Which 1934 title was the first modern newsstand comic book?

   Answer: Famous Funnies

   Why: Famous Funnies #1 sold 90 percent of its 200,000 print run yet still left Eastern Color more than $4,000 in debt.