Panel – Usually surrounded by a border or an outline, panels contain artwork on a page. The shape of the panel can indicate emotion and tension

Gutter – The space in between panels.

Spread – a full image that takes up two pages (or more). Can be seen during an intense or important part of a story.

Splash – (or splash page) an introduction to the story, generally a full page illustration.

Underground comix – was a wave of alternative comics that were popularized beginning in the 1960’s. They were often self-published and contained controversial content.

Alternate Comics – comics following the wave of underground comix.

Encapsulation – The moments chosen by the artist to depict.

The Icon – Any image thaty represents a person, place, thing or idea.

Closure – an agent of time, motion and change.

Monosensery medium– when information is conveyed visually.

Zip Ribbon – the motion lines in comics.

Synaesthetics – Visual cues that are used to bring out senses that are not visible.

Parallel Combo – when words and images go in a certain direction but never intersect.

Montage – when words are used to replace images and treated as equally important as images.

Interdependent – when words and images are used along one another to convey an idea because neither alone has the ability to.

Formalist – the result of composition, framing, etc

Sociocultural – relating to a broader sense of things (culture, society, etc)

Bleeding – when the panels runs off the page. Can set a certain mood.