Cartoon drawings

Who are they?

Garfield Snoopy & Woodstock

McMug McDull Spiderman

Superman Batman

Doreamon Mr Incredible

Let’s learn some concepts about cartoon drawings

A comic strip is made up of… or… a frame frames

Help! Where’s Snoopy? Oh no! Hi! speech bubbles

Mr Incredible is so great! He’s so nice! thought bubbles BOOM sound effects graphics BANG

close up long shot

Caption Some writing that explains what is happening in the story, or what happened before.

Scriptwriter The person who writes the story and the Panel number Action (what happens) Text (writing) 1 Mr. Incredible says goodbye to his wife in the morning. He is going to work. Mrs. I: Have a nice day! Mr. I: Okay Honey! 2 Mr. Incredible gets into his car. Mrs. I: Save the day in the office! Mr. I: Sigh! 3 Mr Incredible gets into his car (close up). Mr. I: It seems like a long time since I’ve saved anyone’s day! The person who writes the story and the words for the characters to say.

The person who draws the pictures. Artist The person who draws the pictures.

Colourist The person who colours the pictures.

Letterist The person who writes the words on the pictures.

Editor The person who checks the work for mistakes and leads the group to decide the story.