Their adventures appeal to a wide audience of comic strip readers by entertaining them: children can enjoy his funny mis-adventures and relate to his imaginary friend adults can enjoy both the overt humour and the more pointed reflections on life that many episodes contain. The strip features Calvin, a cheeky young boy normally accompanied by his imaginary tiger friend, Hobbes.
The given text is a typical four-panel comic strip by famous artist Bill Watterson.
As usual, the following response is only one possible way of writing about this text alternative ideas and explanations can be equally valid.Ĭalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for 30th March 1992 Sample Response Of course, identifying these features correctly is only the start commenting on the effect of features you see will help you score in criteria B as well. In this response you can find the words ‘panel’, ’emanata’, ‘speech bubble’, ‘negative space’ and ‘punchline’. However, one way to boost your mark in criteria D is to use the correct terminology in relation to the text type.
After all, by the time you sit this paper you are almost an adult and the way you express yourself is largely in your control. By this stage in your education, it may be hard for teachers to help you too much with your use of language (according to criteria D, 5 of your marks for this paper are available for the way you use language). Guiding Question: How do both text and image create humour in this comic strip?Ĭomic strips are a popular text type to read and study and may also appear on Paper 1.
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