The “comics medium” includes newspaper comic strips such as Dennis the Menace and comic books such as Spider-Man. Scholars around the world agree that comics are a uniquely American art form.
The first commercially successful comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, a comic strip from the 1890s. Hogan’s Alley featured the Yellow Kid, the world’s first popular cartoon character. This strip and its character marked the beginning of comics and was American in every respect. Set in a low-income neighborhood in New York City, Hogan’s Alley dealt with the lives of ordinary Americans. It was written and drawn by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, two famous and influential American publishers, printed the comic strip in their newspapers.
The first popular comic book in the world was also American. Action Comics, a series that is still in print today, was initially released in 1938. It featured Superman, the world’s first superhero. Like Hogan’s Alley, Superman was American-created.
Americans invented comic strips, and Americans have exported their unique art form to the rest of the world. Japanese comics, called manga, were inspired by the comics that Americans brought to Japan after World War II. Popular European comics series such as Smurfs and Asterix are influenced by Disney comic books. Today, American-created Disney comic characters are more popular in Europe than ever.
The comics medium started in America. While it has spread around the world, even comics that aren’t created by Americans have an undeniable American influence. This is why so many art and literature scholars recognize the comic strip as a truly American art form.
The article presents the notion that most scholars around the world agree that comics are a uniquely American art form. More specifically, in regards to the passage, the author presents certain examples as to how comics have emerged and evolved from America. The listener, however, holds very different notions in this respect. As a matter of fact, the lecturer states that as more comics were studied, it was realized that America was not the sole contributor in this domain.
To start with, the passage mentions a succesful comic strip-Hogan's Alley, from the 1890s. It claims that it was the world's first cartoon character which was written and drawn by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault and published by Americans Joseoh Pultizer and Willian Randolph Hearst. The speaker, however, is quick to oppose this view. He argues that Hogan's Alley was infact not the first successful popular comic. He supports this by stating that popular European and British comics were published as far as back in 1736. The speaker goes on to argue that the characters in the comics were mostly immigrants and that the publisher was himself an immigrant from Hungary.
Secondly, the reading excerpt states that the first popular comic book in the world, the Action Comics, which featured Superman was initially realeased in 1938. It was American-created. The speaker does not agree with this fact and states that sixteen years back, in 1922, the Tintin was published which went on to become an internationally published and recognized comic. It had thus predated the publication of superman. The lecturer infact adds that the artist in the superman comic was Canada based, and not an American.
The reading passage concludes by stating that Americans hace exported their unique art form to the rest of the world. Japanses comics, namely manga, was an inspiration taken from the comics that were brought in by Americans after the second World War. He also mentioned that European comics like Smurfs and Asterix were influenced by Disney comic books. The speaker has objected this notion and stated that Japanese comics were traditional in nature. Infact, European comics were characterised by European design and style which were read and popularized across the globe.
To conclude, it is important to note that the passage and the speaker shares diametrically opposite points of view. Thus, they are unlikely to share a common ground on the fact that comics are a uniquely American art form.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 140, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
...y American art form. More specifically, in regards to the passage, the author presents certai...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, as to, as a matter of fact, to start with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 10.4613686534 229% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 12.0772626932 182% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 46.0 30.3222958057 152% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2081.0 1373.03311258 152% => OK
No of words: 404.0 270.72406181 149% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15099009901 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48327461151 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56209402665 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 145.348785872 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.50495049505 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 636.3 419.366225166 152% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 13.0662251656 168% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.4201661668 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.5909090909 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3636363636 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.54545454545 7.06452816374 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.403233799795 0.272083759551 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.135117476422 0.0996497079465 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.093299704427 0.0662205650399 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.240087466761 0.162205337803 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0472335972262 0.0443174109184 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.55 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 63.6247240618 162% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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