Differences and Similarities of Doodle Fiction, Manga and Graphic Novel

 

DOODLE FICTION

       Doodle Fiction incorporates handwritten graphics in telling the story, it is a literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and hand written graphics in place of traditional font. Drawings enhance the story, often adding humorous elements that would be missing if the illustrations were omitted.

Examples:   

  ✓Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

  ✓Danny's Doodles by David Adler

  ✓The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

GRAPHIC NOVEL

       Graphic Novel uses a comic book format presented in panels and read from left to right. A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using comic form. The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.

Examples :  

  ✓ Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

  ✓The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner

  ✓Maus by Art Spiegelman  

MANGA

   Manga uses a comic book format presented in panels read from right to left. They are published periodically in Japan. Manga is the Japanese word for comics. It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in Japan. Manga is considered an artistic and storytelling style. The term "Ameri-Manga" is sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in a manga style.

Examples: 

  ✓One-Punch Man

  ✓ One Piece

  ✓ Naruto

SIMILARITIES

       All of these genres incorporate drawings, illustration, or graphics in telling a story. This is just basic definition of each of the genre. Doodle Fictions use doodles for a more humorous and/or engaging effect, while both of the Manga and Graphic Novels use a comic book style. All of these styles, to be even more obvious, contains pictures that engages viewers effectively. These are all from the 21st Century. Each genre couldn't come into being without the assistance of a computer or through digital mechanisms.

    For the specific contexts, Manga and Graphic Novels are both in comic book style as aforementioned repetitively. They use panels with illustrations and texts for readers to quickly understand. Doodle Fictions and Graphic Novels are not necessarily from a specific country, as long as the literary piece contains elements with or defines itself as these genres, they can be branded likewise.

DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE:

      Structural differences in Manga and Graphic Novels are very little since both are in comic book style. Both of which have panels to separate a scene from another scene. In terms of text, they vary their language and structure in the formality of the pieces. Basically, the most obvious difference in structure is in contrast to Doodle Fictions. Doodle Fictions follow a novel or story book type of narration, unlike the Manga and Graphic Novels. Doodle fictions show both text and pictures in a way like articles are written, while, the comic book styles don't.

DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF ELEMENTS:

          Doodle fictions use handwritten elements to write its text and drawing.Manga use a very specific Japanese art style to draw the graphics, also they are read from right to left. Elements in Manga always pertain, exclusively, to the Japanese. These Japanese elements include culture, the people, environment, behavior, and the likes. Whereas, the Doodle Fictions and Graphic Novels can be from any country. Lastly, Graphic novels use a very Americanized art style in drawing the comic, and must be read from left to right.

CONCLUSION:         

         The three of these 21st century literary masterpieces have many similarities and differences in terms of structure and elements, yet, these don't actually matter when you read them. Just have fun, be entertained, appreciate the art, and live life at your fullest. Always remember to keep rekindling the fire of literature.