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Japan Society for Studies in Cartoon and Comics
What was created in 2001 to give students comic scholarships?
Frederik L. Schodt
Who helped the rest of the world use the word manga outside of Japan's borders?
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics
What publication is Schodt responsible for?
Coulton Waugh
Who put together a history of American comics in 1947?
The Comics
What was the name of Waugh's work?
David Carrier
Who created a book about comics from a philosophical point of view?
Comics and Sequential Art
What book did Will Eisner create in 1985?
bandes dessinées
What word is used in France for comics?
manga
What word is used in Japan for comics?
drawn strip
What does bandes dessinées mean?
drawn images
What is the definitive factor of bandes dessinées?
Webcomics
What comics are on the Internet?
readers
Webcomics reach large audiences and new what?
archived installments
With webcomics, readers have access to what?
infinite canvas
Not held back by size limits, webcomics are said to have a what?
Wordless novels
Storyboards and what are thought to be comics by some?
Film studios
Storyboards are used a lot by what?
an end product
Storyboards are not considered what?
the public
Who does not often see storyboards used in film making?
Wordless novels
A book with pictures with no captions that tell a story are called what?
consensus
What has not been reached as far as defining comics is concerned?
Theorists
R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner and others are considered to be comic what?
pantomime comics
What are there prominent examples of in comic history?
images
Comic critics, such as McCloud, stressed that sequences of what should be primary?
20th
What century had forgotten comic forms rediscovered?
his own
In the 1840s, Töpffer wrote theories about whose work?
Henri Vanlier
Who introduced the term "multiframe"?
Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle
Who used a semiotics method to study comics in the 1970s?
Neil Cohn
Who used cognitive science to learn how people understand comics?
komiks
What Russian word is used for comics?
comics
What German word is used for comics?
manhua
What Chinese word was derived from the Japanese word manga?
manhwa
What Korean word was derived from the Japanese word for manga?
newspaper comic strips
The word comic comes from the humorous pieces found where?
non-humorous
Comic is used for what other kind of work other than humorous works?
periodicals
Comic books are what type of books?
manga
What is the term that the English use for the comics out of Japan?
bandes dessinées
What is the term that the English use for the comics that come out of Belgian?
specialists
Though one person typically creates the comic, there are usually a number of what involved in actually designing it?
penciller
What is a person called who does the initial pencil work for the artwork?
finishes the artwork in ink
What does an inker do?
Panels
What are the individual images with action called in comics?
encapsulation
Narrative is placed into panels using what?
The reader
Who puts the panels together using closure?
arrangement
Timing and pace of comics is made by adjusting size, shape and what of panels?
asynchronous
When a comic panel has events that are not at the same time the panel is considered to be what?
Speech balloons
What association with comics is strong?
comics
The presence of a single speech balloon in an image turns it into what?
onomatopoeia
What type of words are used to do sound effects in comics?
India ink
What type of ink is often used in making comics?
Cartooning
What method is mostly used in making comics?
digital technology
Mixed media and what else are becoming popular for making comics?
abstract symbols
Motion lines and what are often used in comics?
Saint Helena of Constantinople
What is Saint Helena tropical island named after?
South Atlantic Ocean
What ocean is Saint Helena located in?
4,255
What is the population of Saint Helena?
16 by 8 kilometres
How big is Saint Helena tropical Island?
1502
When was the island discovered?
more than 5,000
How many Boers were taken prisoner during the Second Boer War?
leading a Zulu army against British rule
Why was Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo imprisoned on the island?
environmentalism
The roots of what were established on Saint Helena?
rainfall
What did scientists attempt to boost artificially on Saint Helena?
environmental change
The environmental intervention was linked to the conceptualization of what process?
21 May 1502
What date was the island discovered on?
João da Nova
What navigator discovered the island?
Portugal
What country was João da Nova doing service for?
Helena of Constantinople
What person is Saint Helena Island named after?
trees and fresh water.
What did the island have an abundance of when discovered?
livestock, fruit trees and vegetables
What was imported by the settlers of the island?
a chapel and one or two houses.
What kind of buildings were built by the settlers?
mariners
Who was left on the island to recover when sick?
food
What was the island a source of for ships travelling from Asia to Europe?
Englishman Sir Francis Drake
Who probably located the island on their final leg of their circumnavigation trip?
Portuguese India carracks
What did English ships of war attack on the island?
the Dutch
Who developed a far east trade and began to frequent the island?
The Portuguese and Spanish
Who gave up calling at the island due to attacks on their shipping?
The Dutch Republic
Who claimed Saint Helena in 1633?
1651
What year did the Dutch abandon the island?
Cape of Good Hope.
Which colony did the Dutch abandon the island for?
the English East India Company
Who was granted a charter to govern Saint Helena?
Oliver Cromwell
Who granted the English East company a character to govern the island?
Captain John Dutton
Who was the first governor of Saint Helena?
1659
What year did the first governor arrive to Saint Helena?
East India Company
Who had the sole right to fortify and colonize the island?
new immigrants
What did the English East India Company have difficulty attracting?
Ecological problems
What problems lead to a suggesting to relocate the population?
Isaac Pyke
What was the name of the governor who suggested relocating the population of Saint Helena?
Mauritius
What was the location that was suggested the population be moved too?
610
How many slaves were on the island in 1723?
1770
When did the Island start to experience a period of prosperity?
James Cook
What captain visited the island in 1775 on their trip around the world?
St. James' Church
What church was erected in Jamestown in 1774?
Plantation House
What is the official residence of the governor?
Edmond Halley
Who set up an astronomical observatory on Saint Helena?
University of Oxford
What university did Edmond Halley attend?
24
How many feet was the telescope that was set up in the observatory?
Longwood district
What district is the telescope set up in?
Southern
What hemisphere of stars did Edmond Halley want to study with the telescope?
East India Company
Saint Helena was an important port of which company?
water and provisions
What did ships replenish at Saint Helena?