Metacomic

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.[1]

## Elements

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* 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

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* Krazy Kat by George Herriman
* L'Origine [fr] by 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
* Imbattable by Pascal Jousselin
* Gwenpool in Marvel Comics

## References

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1. ^ Meskin, Aaron; Cook, Roy T. (2012-02-27). The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach. John Wiley & Sons. p. 175\. ISBN 978-1-4443-3464-7.

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