Q. Do you think comics are a children’s or adult genre/media?
I think the comics are both children’s and adult genre and media.
Children have the difficulty of reading the books written with the long words and sentences that are difficult for them to understand. Because of this, parents show their children comics and cartoons for education. A number of children even read the comic books about ‘Greek and Roman myth or tales’. I think that the comics help children to understand fictions or tales easily.
As children who read the comics grow up, the purpose of comics is almost changed. I think the comics of adult can be largely separated into the two purposes, ‘entertainment and information.’ Comics of entertainment play the role like the soap operas to adult. In particular, a number of people in Korea read the comics through the internet sites. Koreans call the comics “Web-toon”, which means the cartoon of website. I always read the comics in the morning as well. They can have the sympathy and entertain through “the web-toons.” On the other hand, another purpose is usually used in newspapers or magazines. Actually, it is not the comic books, but it is also drawn despite the short story. Moreover, it provides the information to adult easily as if the comics for children play the role of education. That is the reason why it is also the part of the comic genre. But, I think the comics in the newspapers are almost used for the satire. If the writer writes about the negative part of the politics, it will definitely be direct. For the indirect expression, the writer draws the satire comics in the newspapers.
The readers of comics cannot be separated, because the comics have been used differently by the purpose and the readers. I think the comics are the genre that everybody can enjoy even though the purpose of comics is sometimes different.
Hi,Sora. I agree with you. I used to think that comics are the children's media, but it was only because comics have pictures. Now I have realized that pictures help reader's understanding and to get interests of particular comics, and that it was not only for children. Besides, I know about 'Web-toon' which is quite popular in Korea with no age limit. It shows quite clearly that comics are both children's and adult genre/media.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. when I was young I also read 'Greek and Roman myth or tales’. It was really helpful to me understanding the fictions and tales. If I had to read the book of 'Greek and Roman myth or tales’ not a comic, I would not have read this from beginning to the end because of length.
ReplyDeleteEven now as an adult, I still read the comic especially web-toon what you mentioned. Since I have read the web-toon, I usually think that the comics are more for adult than children because I recognised most of my friends also enjoy the web-toon like me.