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Comics journalism

Comics journalism is like telling a story with pictures just like in the comic books you read. But instead of telling a made-up story, it's about real events and news like what you read in newspapers or watch on TV.

Imagine if your teacher asked you to write about the news, but instead of using just words, you drew pictures to help tell the story. That's what comics journalism is all about - using drawings to help tell real news stories.

The drawings can be really simple or very detailed, like in the comic books you enjoy. But the important thing is to make sure that the pictures help tell the story and teach us something new about what happened.

So next time you read a comic book about real events or news, you can think of it as comics journalism!
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