Comic Strips

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• Which feature most clearly distinguishes a comic strip from a single-panel cartoon?
• Which newspaper format traditionally gives artists more space for a longer comic-strip story?
• Who created the comic strip Peanuts?
• What is newspaper syndication in the context of comic strips?
• Which creator is most closely associated with the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes?
• In a conventional comic strip, what is the primary function of a speech balloon?
• Comic strips are always published in color.
• A comic strip can tell a continuing story across several installments.