science

Mobile comic

Mobile comic is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mobile comic rather than just read about it. In short: A mobile comic is a digital comic or cartoon strip that can be purchased, downloaded, read and sometimes edited or shared with friends via mobile phones. Overview Increasingly the line between digital comics, animation and games is blurring and the same applies to their mobile counterparts as mobile comics become multimedia with sounds and interactivity.

Key takeaways

Mobile comic belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mobile comic to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mobile comic from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

A mobile comic is a digital comic or cartoon strip that can be purchased, downloaded, read and sometimes edited or shared with friends via mobile phones.

Overview Increasingly the line between digital comics, animation and games is blurring and the same applies to their mobile counterparts as mobile comics become multimedia with sounds and interactivity. In 2008 IDW Publishing and Devil's Due Publishing (now Devil's Due Digital) became two of the earliest adopters of comics for mobile devices. Devil's Due's initially offered mobile comics through companies such as Uclick, on their GoComics Mobile Store. Mobile comic content has until recently been miniaturized or adapted versions of established branded comic content. With the rise of file sharing and piracy it has been increasingly hard for publishers to control money leakage from digital/mobile comics and as such publishers (especially traditional Japanese Manga houses) have shied away from licensing digital or mobile comics. This however, has led to the rise of user-generated (independent artists) using platforms to publish and sell their work at low cost, and (for the first time in years) do so profitably. The challenges for mobile comics creation include:

Small screen size, which means as little text as possible can be included. Different handsets with different screen sizes and technical specifications means the same java viewer will not work on all phones. Story telling must end within 25 frames, or less. The number of frames depends on delivery method Several mobile content providers have now developed their own mobile comics platforms, some using java-based applications which have to be downloaded to the mobile first before comics can be viewed. Others are using Multi Media Messaging and WAP subscription to deliver strips. However, there are platforms for iPhone and iPad that have been developed to distribute RSS-based webcomics for free, such as the iOS application Comic Avenue.

Titles Initially the titles released were existing comics licensed for the new medium but new titles are emerging purely on the mobile phone. Thunder Road is the first original title for the medium, featuring artist Steven Sanders who previously worked on The Five Fists of Science. Carnival of Souls is the first digital and motion comic book series on Blackberry's App World, written by Jazan Wild. The Carrier is the first original graphic novel exclusively on the iPhone, written by Evan Young. Alien Revolution an eight chapter multi language comic, by Illot.Mobilecomic A collection of comics. Multi language. Interactive, by Illot.

Footnotes

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mobile comic

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mobile comic claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mobile comic before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mobile comic ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mobile comic

In research: Mobile comic appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mobile comic in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mobile comic is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Comics formats, Mobile phone-based works, Mobile telephone broadcasting, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mobile comic outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mobile comic in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mobile comic means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mobile comic out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mobile comic in simple terms?

A mobile comic is a digital comic or cartoon strip that can be purchased, downloaded, read and sometimes edited or shared with friends via mobile phones. Overview Increasingly the line between digital comics, animation and games is blurring and the same applies to their mobile counterparts as mobil…

Why does Mobile comic matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mobile comic?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mobile comic.