Doodle Fiction, Manga, and Graphic Novel: A Compare and Contrast

INTRODUCTION
    The 21st century reader grew up using technology as a primary learning tool and this made them skilled in navigating and interpreting digital formats and media messages. They have literacy skills which consists of technological abilities such as the use of the keyboard, internet navigation, ability to communicate and interpret coded language and decipher graphics. 21st century literature deals with current themes and issues and it also reflects a technological culture, it also breaks traditional writing rules; hence, themes and issues we are going through now are freely written, expressed, and conveyed through technology.
  
    Hola! I am Leica Mariel C. Peñaroyo from Grade 11-STEM. In this blog, I am going to specify three very important and renowned 21st Century Literary Masterpieces, and then I will compare and contrast them. The three pieces are the aforementioned on the title: Doodle Fiction, Manga, and Graphic Novel

DOODLE FICTION
Doodle Fiction incorporates handwritten graphics in telling the story, it is a literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and hand written graphics in place of traditional font. Drawings enhance the story, often adding humorous elements that would be missing if the illustrations were omitted.
    (excerpt from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid) 

MANGA
Manga is an umbrella term for a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan. Unlike American comic books, which are usually printed in full color, Japanese manga is almost always black and white. Full-color prints are often only used for special releases.
             (excerpt from Dragon Ball Z)

GRAPHIC NOVEL
Graphic Novel is a book made up of comics content. Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work. 
      (excerpt from The Last Kids on Earth) 

SIMILARITIES 
    All of these genres incorporate drawings, illustration, or graphics in telling a story. All of these styles, to be even more obvious, contains pictures that engages viewers effectively. These are all from the 21st Century. Each genre couldn't come into being without the assistance of a computer or through digital mechanisms.

DIFFERENCES
    In terms of structure, Graphic novel is a narrative work which is conveyed to the reader in a comic form. Subsequently, Manga is  a style of Japanese comics book and is a story telling style. It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books. Finally,  Doodle fiction contains a structure of handwritten graphics, doodle drawings, and writings.
    In terms of elements, Manga contains  depicting objects and figures called images which is the content of manga’s expression that constructed of lines. The word including onomatopoeia in manga is generally divided into the subject’s voice, and voice that appears to the minds of characters. In doodle fiction, it includes hand-scribed text, images, and humorous components that keep readers engaged, hence, its drawings enhance the story. The graphic novel includes lengthy narration similar to comic book with colored background.

Credits
For the images and definition of the three genres to the sources:
https://21stcenturylitph.wordpress.com/introduction-to-world-literature/
https://altheahomeblog.home.blog/2020/10/22/similarities-and-differences-of-the-doodle-fictionmanga-and-graphic-novel/
https://manujoson.blogspot.com/2020/10/graphic-novel-manga-and-doodle-fiction.html?m=1
https://www.wattpad.com/971166856-doodle-fiction-manga-and-graphic-novel-eye
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/darinjohn2/21st-century-literary-genres-by-calle-friesen#:~:text=Doodle%2DFiction%EF%82%9EA%20literary,Doodle%2DFiction
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/12/27/beginners-guide-manga#:~:text=Manga%20is%20an%20umbrella%20term,only%20used%20for%20special%20releases.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel