Task 2
In the comic ‘Mary, Mungo and Midge’ which was in ‘Pippin’ published on 28th August 1971 the story is presented to the reader as a story board. The main outline of the story is that Mary, Mungo and Midge go to the seaside with Mary parents, and midge builds a castle. Mary and Mungo had fallen asleep and Midge was stuck on top of the sand castle as the tide had come in. Then Mary and Mungo woke up and saved Midge. There are some comic features present in the comic such as movement lines. The movement lines are present in many of the boxes, such as where Midge is jumping about on the sandcastle. The motion lines help to show that he in jumping about. The characters are presented as simple and innocent. The audience that the story is targeting is children between the ages of 5-7. There is also another story on the page, called ‘The Moonbeans’. The main outline of the story is that the mummy and the baby go out and mummy buys the baby an ice-lolly. Then the baby goes to throw the rubbish in the bin but it falls over on him and he gets covered in paper. The story is presented to the reader in a storyboard. The comic features that are present are motion lines. The motion lines show that the baby moonbean is jumping. The characters are presented as innocent people. They also give the message to the readers to look after the environment. The audience that the story is targeting is children between the ages of 5-7.
Task 3
In the comic ‘The Bash street Kids’ which was in ‘The Beano’ published on 13th September 1997 the story is presented to the reader as a comic strip. The main outline of the story is that the school kids are being naughty, and the teacher has had enough of it, so he gets a weapons detector and then when each person comes through the class he takes their weapon of them, but in the end he just gives in. There are lots of comic features that are present, such as Sound words, Thought bubbles, speech bubbles, movement lines and many more. Sound words give the impression of sounds, thought bubbles show what the character is thinking, speech bubbles show what the character is saying, and movement lines give the impression of things moving. The characters are presented as rebellious as they rebel against the teacher. The audience that the story is targeting is children between he ages of 9-14. This comic is very different to Pippin in many ways. Firstly, the language used is much different as it was made in a different time and the people who are targeted to read it are older than the people who read pippin. Secondly, the actually story is much more complex to read as there is a lot going on within each box.
Task 4
In my comic ‘Environmental Man’ I have used many features. Some of these features include: speech bubbles, thought bubbles, frame links, text boxes and sound words. I used speech bubbles to show what each character is saying. I used thought bubbles as you can show what the character is thinking as you cannot show how someone is feeling in a picture. Frame links are used to help the reader understand events that may have happened after the last frame or before the next one. I used text boxes to show what I cannot show in a picture. I also used sound words to give the impression of sounds. My narrative appeals to a modern day audience as it uses modern day language. My target audience is children between the ages of 10-14. I chose this age group because they enjoy reading comics a lot, and the situation that is in the comic is one of which they are able to change.
