Metacomic
{{Short description|Type of comic}}
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.{{Cite book |last1=Meskin |first1=Aaron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLzSI5V5-h8C&dq=%22Metacomic%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA175 |title=The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach |last2=Cook |first2=Roy T. |date=2012-02-27 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4443-3464-7 |page=175 |language=en}}
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
- {{Interlanguage link|L'Origine|fr}} by {{Interlanguage link|Marc-Antoine Mathieu|fr}}
- Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
- Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk
- Opus by Satoshi Kon
- Deadpool in Marvel Comics
- The author of and characters from the webcomic Sinfest
- The creators of the graphic novel Logicomix
- [https://www.dupuis.com/imbattable/bd/imbattable-tome-1-justice-et-legumes-frais/70978 Imbattable] by Pascal Jousselin
- Gwenpool in Marvel Comics