COMICS AS A GENRE OF MIGRATED LANGUAGE WITH REFERENCE TO CALVIN AND HOBBES BY BILL WATTERSON

Abstract

Comics gained popularity as a genre around the world in the late twentieth century. A genre must be socially accepted. When the world develops in a massive pace, new connections are created. The birth of Popular Literature is one such occasion. People started to adhere to eccentric genres. The normality of genres was broken. Literally, readers have no or little time to spend on reading books. Comics entered at the right time to suit the changes. Visual pleasure alongside Humor motivated its growth. Peculiar words gained importance. Slangs and Dialects occupied space. An easily understandable genre can definitely reach horizons. The subject of study chosen is Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. The adjustments made in language to suit the growing trends are casual. A major concern considered by all can be shockingly given in a compact space in Comics. This yields the arrival of Minimalism which holds the motto of “Less is More”. It is high tradition to elaborate on a particular thought. But the Minimalist aspect of Comics encourages a migration in the belief that “More is More”. The license in language to be arbitrary enthuses new genres to impart recency. This paper will focus on the migration and adjustments of language in Comics with the aid of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.