Comments on: Strip News 1-9-9 http://artpatient.com/2009/01/09/strip-news-1-9-9/ webcomic news, webcomic reviews and commentary Fri, 11 May 2012 14:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: delos http://artpatient.com/2009/01/09/strip-news-1-9-9/comment-page-1/#comment-143 delos Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:42:42 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=739#comment-143 I usually feel like a cartoon but I make comics. :) Confusingly, I have always referred to animated works AND single panel comics as 'cartoons' and everything else as 'comics.' American Otaku is a comic, to me. I think most people (in the US) consider 'comics' to refer to superhero story booklets and are entirely unaware (or shocked) that there are non-super comics in print and on the web. The word cartoon is also confusing for most people because they equate cartoon with funny - likely due to Bugs Bunny and related tv shows. So Akira isn't a cartoon to them, but it is. Kind of. And when they read the paper , they often refer to them as cartoons on the comics page. To echo the conversation on the Floating Lightbulb; what a mess. So, because of all this cross-word pollination, I am attempting to train myself to use the word comic to refer to non-animated works and cartoon for the animated. I usually feel like a cartoon but I make comics. :) Confusingly, I have always referred to animated works AND single panel comics as ‘cartoons’ and everything else as ‘comics.’ American Otaku is a comic, to me.

I think most people (in the US) consider ‘comics’ to refer to superhero story booklets and are entirely unaware (or shocked) that there are non-super comics in print and on the web.

The word cartoon is also confusing for most people because they equate cartoon with funny – likely due to Bugs Bunny and related tv shows. So Akira isn’t a cartoon to them, but it is. Kind of.

And when they read the paper , they often refer to them as cartoons on the comics page. To echo the conversation on the Floating Lightbulb; what a mess.

So, because of all this cross-word pollination, I am attempting to train myself to use the word comic to refer to non-animated works and cartoon for the animated.

]]> By: alecho http://artpatient.com/2009/01/09/strip-news-1-9-9/comment-page-1/#comment-142 alecho Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:05:52 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=739#comment-142 hey! I especially like the talk about "cartoon" and "comic"... that's something I've been thinking about. hmmm... so what am I? ;) hey! I especially like the talk about “cartoon” and “comic”… that’s something I’ve been thinking about. hmmm… so what am I? ;)

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