Metacomic Explained

Metacomic is a metafictional comics style in which the characters realize that they are living in a comic. In a metacomic, the characters are able to take advantage of the comic's structure to progress in the storyline. In brief, a metacomic is a comic about a comic.^[1]

Elements

• Using the comic structure as an advantage (making the characters travel across comic panels, interact with speech balloons and other panels, or using the characters' speech as a "real", solid object).
• Drawing the author themselves into the comic to act as a character and interact with other characters.
• Using direct help from the author (the author's "hand" might appear to the comic and draw a helpful object, delete enemies with an eraser, or touch/move the characters).

Examples

• Krazy Kat by George Herriman
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• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• Opus by Satoshi Kon
• Deadpool in Marvel Comics
• The author of and characters from the webcomic Sinfest
• The creators of the graphic novel Logicomix
• Imbattable by Pascal Jousselin
• Gwenpool in Marvel Comics

Notes and References

1. Book: Meskin . Aaron . The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach . Cook . Roy T. . 2012-02-27 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-4443-3464-7 . 175 . en.