<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes . Panels are often accompanied by brief 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 and 1830s Europe, comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s . The first modern comic book, Famous Funnies, was released in the United States 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 humorous in tone . </P> <P> Comic books are reliant on their organization and appearance . Authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions . These characteristic aspects of comic books are necessary in conveying the content and messages of the author . The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons (speech bubbles), text (lines), and characters . Balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element . The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction . Key tasks in the creation of comic books are writing, drawing, and coloring . </P>

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