Comic
A juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.
A sequence of text and images that tells a story.
Cartoon
“A vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled an empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel in another realm.”
A cartoon is a simplified version of the real thing.
![](https://i.gyazo.com/9e4005b9259ce7e4d1e45d6d3741a58a.png)
Icon
A pictorial representation of a person, place or thing.
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2MTh.png)
Gutter
Space between two panels that lets the reader make a connection between them.
![](https://i1.wp.com/www.comicsmnt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dani1.png?fit=397%2C302&ssl=1)
Closure
“Mentally completing that which is incomplete based on past experience.”
Not everything can be told through visual and verbal representation so sometimes there are blanks in a sequence that the reader has to fill.
![](https://sites.ualberta.ca/~berban/ghostworld/closure.jpg)
Panel-to-Panel Transitions
The transition from one panel to the next. They can be different depending on how much time passes between them or how space changes.
![](https://thesequentialpress.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mccloud_transitions1-01.jpg)
Bleed
When a panel bleeds off the page it’s on.
![](https://dwwp.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Picture-6-copy.png)
Motion Lines
“Motion lines represent objects moving through space.”
Lines that show the direction an object moves in.
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/be/e1/11bee149eb6776a3063d83f20d9fecc4.jpg)
Synaesthetic
“Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.”
When one sense that is being stimulated, it stimulates another one.
![](https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nancy12191947.jpg)
Word Balloon
Also called a speech bubble; is usually used to hold dialogue, but can also hold symbols. It’s used to convey sound from a source. It can also take different shapes to express different emotions.
![](https://danscartoons.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cartoon-word-balloons.jpg)