comics

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comics

Summary

comics is a type of arts[1]. comics draws 1,307 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_arts category, ranking #9 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • comics's instance of is recorded as type of arts[3].
  • comics's instance of is recorded as literary genre[4].
  • comics's instance of is recorded as literary form[5].
  • comics is a type of visual artwork[6].
  • comics is a type of literary work[7].
  • comics is a type of sequential art[8].
  • comics is a type of narrative[9].
  • comics is a type of illustrated work[10].
  • comics's Commons category is recorded as Comics[11].
  • comics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Comics[12].
  • comics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Comics titles[13].
  • comics's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Comics[14].
  • comics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox comic book title[15].
  • comics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox animanga/Print[16].
  • comics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Comics sidebar[17].
  • comics's has characteristic is recorded as comics award[18].
  • comics's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/ComicStory[19].
  • comics's equivalent class is recorded as http://comicmeta.org/cbo/Comic[20].
  • comics's properties for this type is recorded as P6900[21].
  • comics's properties for this type is recorded as P11494[22].
  • comics's properties for this type is recorded as P5905[23].
  • comics's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Comics'}[24].
  • comics's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '만화'}[25].
  • comics's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-hani', 'text': '漫畫'}[26].
  • comics's name is recorded as {'lang': 'yue', 'text': '漫畫'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of arts[3], literary genre[4], and literary form[5]. Recorded subclass of include visual artwork[6], literary work[7], sequential art[8], narrative[9], and illustrated work[10].

Influence

Things named for comics include Telecomix[28], an organization[29], founded in 2009[30] and BD Gest'[31], a website[32], in France[33].

Why It Matters

comics draws 1,307 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_arts category, ranking #9 of 31).[2] comics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] comics is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

comics has been cited as an influence by pop art[36], an art movement[37], founded in 1950[38] and Drowning Girl[39], a painting[40], in United States[41], founded in 1963[42].

Entities named for comics include Telecomix[28], an organization[29], founded in 2009[30] and BD Gest'[31], a website[32], in France[33].

FAQs

Who did comics influence?

comics has been cited as an influence by pop art[36] and Drowning Girl[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Comics. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Comics. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic comics award
    Twitch tag id 1d712738-c298-4ff9-9c15-671ae9a77b7c
    Topic has template Template:Infobox comic book title, Template:Infobox animanga/Print, Template:Comics sidebar
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1148, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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