A helpful list of terms for those starting out in comics studies. If you come across a word that you don't know, please add it to this list. We can work together to give definitions for these terms.

1. comic
2. comics
3. comic book
4. graphic novel
5. comix
6. manga
7. mangaka
8. comics creators
9. writer
10. penciller
11. inker
12. colorist
13. letterer 
14. encapsulation
15. closure
16. genre
17. form
18. superhero
19. cartoon
20. cartoonist