Speech #3 Write-out

I will be discussing Cycling Comics.

Cycling Comics are simply comics that you see from a comic book or like a magazine, but with bicycles in them. Comics have been around since the 1800s, about the same time period as bicycles have. They are very simple, yet very captivating to readers. They do this because Cycling Comics, or comics in general, have certain elements which gives them the ability to attract an audience, or gain an audience’s attention in order for the audience to keep reading them. For example, this comic has these elements, such as some sort of character, words, captions, title, etc. Today I am going to go into specific aspects that makes a good comic.

So, what makes a good comic?

  • Not Boring! – a good comic has to be able to entertain an audience and keep, that attention, and never lose it. If someone becomes uninterested in a comic, then that comic has failed at being a comic, because what is a comic supposed to do? Entertain.
  • Character/Story Development – some comics, such as ones in comic books can have a long story about some character and could possibly lead to subsequent comics, like superhero comics. Comics that are in magazines also can have some short story about some character as well.
  • Emotional – the concept of comics are very similar to those of actual reading books, in the sense that they both can make the reader feel a certain way. Just like how a horror book can make the reader frightened or scared, a comic can make you feel some emotion too.
  • Relatable – an audience enjoys a story or environment where they can picture themselves in; a place where they can put themselves into perspective of the character.
  • Visuals – comics have the advantage of being able to look however they want to. This can consist of having different colors, images, panels/borders. Visuals are an easy way to get an audience’s attention, and comics heavily utilize them.
  • Funny! – of course a comic has to be funny. It’s literally called a comic. Everyone likes to laugh.

I will view a few examples of Cycling Comics and how they attract the audience.

Cycling to Work:

  • Explanation – this comic is about the benefits of biking to work. It Shows four instances of this; *read them*.
  • Compare/Contrast Reality – this comic is about a fictional character going through fictional events in the real world. The captions *read them* are all things that can apply to you, but are about this character. It depicts a juxtaposition of what’s real and not real in order to create a sense of imagination from the reader. It allows the reader to utilize their imagination.
  • Visuals!! – the author, David Walker, uses his own style for this comic. Very simple, no color, no panels. Many comics will have panels to show scene-per-scene but Walker doesn’t use them here.

Tour de France:

  • Explanation – this comic is a parody about the Tour de France bike race, from the spectator’s view. It also uses certain elements to entertain the audience.
  • Not Boring! – one of them being that it is not boring; it keeps the reader occupied with all six steps with a caption and visuals for each.
  • Character/Story Development – one thing this comic in particular does well is tell some sort of storyline. There is a character here, however it is static and doesn’t really do anything nor undergo some sort of change or development. The story, however, does develop, explicitly having a start, some middle, and an end.
  • Comedy! – and of course comedy. This comic has elements of comedy in each frame as well as the entire comic itself

That concludes my presentation on Cycling Comics. Thank you.

 

One thought on “Speech #3 Write-out

  1. I could tell that you spoke about a topic that you were interested in because you seemed to know what you were talking about (which is good).

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