User Experience of Comic Books
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How much do you know about comic books? What can comic books teach us about user experience design? Join us as we learn more about the comic book industry and what it can teach us about good (and bad) user experiences. We’ll look at how the comic book industry has changed over the years by deconstructing the evolution of the comic book cover, how the art of telling stories through juxtaposed images and words has changed over the years, as well as some of the user experience failures of the industry from the 90’s until now. Along the way, we’ll discuss some lessons learned from the comic book industry. In the end, you’ll walk away knowing some cool things about the comic book medium. Heck, you might just end up reading a few! ;)
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User Experience of Comic Books
- 1. by Jeff Whitfield The User Experience of Comic Books
- 12. I LOVE COMIC BOOKS!
- 14. My Collection 80+ small comic boxes 5 shelf units Over 8900 comics and trades $42,000 est. value
- 15. Alexander Whitfield Inheritor of the Whitfield comic book collection
- 16. The User Experience of Comic Books
- 17. Everything I Learned About UX I Learned From Comics
- 18. See What I Mean How To Use Comics to Communicate Ideas ! by Kevin Cheng
- 19. Have you ever read a comic book and thought, “Wow! What a great user experience!”?
- 20. What We’ll Talk About What is a comic book? Some UX lessons Insight on my design philosophy Learn more about the comic medium
- 21. What is a Comic Book?
- 22. Terry Moore When you put words and pictures together and allow them each to do what they do best, you get something that is more powerful than just words and pictures alone.* *paraphrased
- 27. Graphic Novel Real language terminology means better communication as to what it is
- 28. A Contract with God by Will Eisner 1978 ! First use of the term “graphic novel”
- 29. Marvel Graphic Novel by Jim Starlin 1982 ! Widespread use of the term “graphic novel”
- 30. How do you explain the longevity of the comic book?
- 31. The Birth of the Superhero The Golden Age
- 32. Early Comics 1930’s ! Reprints of comic strips
- 33. Superman By Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster ! June 1938
- 34. Batman By Bob Kane ! May 1939
- 35. World War II Boost in comic book sales
- 36. Captain America By Joe Simon and Jack “the King” Kirby ! March 1941
- 38. Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby
- 39. The Marvel Age of Comics The Silver Age
- 40. Fantastic Four by Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby ! November 1961
- 41. The Incredible Hulk by Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby ! May 1962
- 42. Thor by Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby ! August 1962
- 43. Spider-Man by Stan “The Man” Lee and Steve Ditko ! August/September 1962
- 44. Iron Man by Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby ! March 1963
- 45. The X-Men by Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby ! September 1963
- 47. Evolution of the Comic Book Cover
- 49. Amazing Spider-Man #1 By Stan “The Man” Lee and Steve Ditko ! March 1963
- 51. Added character avatar to corner!
- 78. Nearly 30 years later, they finally get it right!
- 81. Psychedelic 60’s Pop Art Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol More sophisticated audience
- 82. Old-School Rules Creators limited to 30 years of drawing within simple boxes ! * Ex. Amazing Spider-man #60
- 83. Jim Steranko Comic Book Writer/Artist ! Famous for his work on “Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.” in the 1960’s ! The “Jimi Hendrix of Comics”
- 84. Strange Tales #166 March 1968 ! The “Maze” page
- 90. Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D #1 June 1968 “Who is Scorpio?” ! Opening sequence with 3 silent pages
- 94. G.I. Joe #21 March 1984 “Silent Interlude”
- 100. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller with Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley ! March 1986
- 106. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU BUY?
- 107. Other Books that challenged people’s perceptions on what the comic book medium can do.
- 108. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ! 1986—1987
- 110. The Sandman by Neil Gaiman ! 1989—1996
- 115. Sin City by Frank Miller ! 1991—1999
- 122. The Comic Book Crossover Event
- 123. Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Perez 1985—1986 ! Effort to fix continuity issues
- 124. Secret Wars by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and Bob Layton 1984—1985 ! Effected nearly every Marvel character
- 125. 52 DC Comics 2006—2007 ! 52 issues, published weekly for one year ! Aftermath of Infinite Crisis
- 126. Marvel has movies planned through 2028
- 148. Failures of the Industry: The 1990’s
- 149. X-Men #1 by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee October 1991 ! Best-selling comic book of all time! ! Sold over 8 million copies
- 153. WAS IT THAT GOOD OF A COMIC? OR….WAS IT JUST GOOD MARKETING?
- 154. OR….WAS IT JUST GOOD MARKETING?
- 155. Birth of the Speculator Market
- 156. Superman #75 January 1993 ! The Death of Superman
- 158. Superman #75 Collector’s Edition ! Caused marketing frenzy
- 160. Over-saturated Market Emphasis on the “next big thing” ! Too many special covers ! Too many issue #1’s
- 176. None of this focuses on what’s the most important part of the comic book user experience…
- 178. BIGGEST LESSON: ! Know Your Audience
- 179. Eric Stephenson Publisher, Image Comics
- 180. “The biggest problem with comic books is that even now, even after all the amazing progress we’ve made as an industry over the last 20 years, the vast majority of people have no idea whatsoever about how much the comics medium has to offer.” - Eric Stephenson 2014 ComicsPRO Annual Membership Meeting
- 181. Question: ! How do you get people to buy comic books?
- 182. Answer: ! By introducing potential new readers to the world of comic books.
- 183. FINAL LESSON: ! Expand Your Horizons
- 186. Humor ! Axe Cop by Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle
- 190. Fantasy ! The Unwritten by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
- 202. Crime ! Thief of Thieves by Robert Kirkman and Nick Spencer
- 205. Horror ! The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
- 208. Science Fiction ! Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn
- 211. Summary Avoid Unnecessary Jargon Understand the Medium Adapt To Change Challenge Perceptions Keep It Simple Content Strategy Avoid Eye Candy Know Your Audience Expand Your Horizons
- 212. Go read some comics! ! Share your experience with others!