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Widescreen comics is a movement within the field of comic books named both for its very cinematic decompression style and its tendency to use panels of greater width relative to their height, mimicking the aspect ratio of widescreen cinematic presentation.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Suderman, Peter (May 16, 2016). "The comic book movement that gave us the era of the superhero movie". Vox. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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