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Genre Descriptions:
All-Ages - Comics containing stories and artwork that is suitable for all ages.
Action/Adventure - No description.
Anthropomorphic - The attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings such as animals, objects or forces of nature. This genre encompasses both Furry and Funny Animal comics.
College - No description.
Crime/Noir - No description.
Drama - No description.
Doujinshi - Unauthorized stories based on popular manga or anime. Analogous to fanfiction.
Epic - No description.
Experimental - No description.
Fan Made - No description.
Fantasy - No description.
Gamers - No description.
Gay/Lesbian - No description.
Historical - No description.
Horror - No description.
Humor - No description.
Mahou Shoujo - A sub-genre of shojo manga, usually featuring young girls with superhuman abilities who are forced to fight evil and protect the Earth.
Mature - No description.
Miscellaneous - No description.
Mystery/Suspense - No description.
Non-Fiction - An account or representation of a subject which is composed of facts. This genre encompasses Journal Comics.
Parody/Satire - No description.
Political - No description.
Romance - No description.
Science Fiction - No description.
Slice-of-Life - A slice-of-life story generally extracts an interesting segment from human experience and examines it.*
Shoujo - Manga primarily intended for girls, although there can be crossover appeal to boys as well. Typically, "pure shojo" manga revolves around love stories and strong female protagonists; however, some shojo manga are more plot/action-oriented to attract a wider audience.
Shoujo-ai - Manga depicting romantic relationships between young women.
Shounen - Manga primarily intended for boys, although there can be crossover appeal to girls as well. The Shounen genre is characterized by high-action, often humorous plots featuring male protagonists. The camaraderie between boys or men on sports teams, fighting squads, etc. is often emphasized. Unrealistically attractive female characters are also common, but are not a requirement. The art style of shonen also tends to be less flowery than that of shojo, although there is significant variability by artist.
Shounen-ai - Manga depicting romantic relationships between young men, especially of the bishonen (beautiful boy) variety.
Spiritual - No description.
Super Hero - Stories involving fictional characters noted for their feats of courage and nobility. Super heroes usually have colorful names and costumes and possesses abilities beyond those of normal human beings.
Supernatural - No description.
Workplace - No description.
Style Descriptions:
American - Artwork influenced by, or resembling, American comics.
Black & White - No description.
Cartoon - No description.
CGI/3D - No description.
European - Artwork influenced by, or resembling, European comics.
Experimental - No description.
Full Color - No description.
Manga - Artwork influenced by, or resembling, Japanese comics.
Minimalist - Artwork marked by extreme sparseness or simplicity, usually involving stick figures.
Miscellaneous - No description.
Painted - Artwork that has been painted, or appears to have been painted.
Photographic - No description.
Realistic - Artwork depicting realistic-looking characters and settings. The opposite of cartoon.
Sprite/8-Bit - No description.
Format Descriptions:
24 Hour - No description.
Animated/Flash - No description.
Comic Jam - An improvised, collaborative comic created in turn by numerous artists
Completed - The comic is no longer updating and has been completed.
Experimental - No description.
Full Page - No description.
Gag-a-Day - Gag-a-Day comics tend to be episodic in nature, presenting a humorous "setup" and "punchline" with each installment. Many Gag-a-Day comics lack a continuous, unified plot. However, on occasion, these comics can have lengthy story arcs.
Interactive - No description.
Miscellaneous - No description.
Non-English - No description.
Serial/Ongoing - Any continuous evolution of a unified plot and set of characters spread over multiple episodes.
Single Panel - No description.
Strip/Newspaper - No description.
*Slice-of-life definition borrowed from
Will Eisner's Graphic Storytelling.
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