Metacomic
# Metacomic

Metacomic is a metafictional comics style in which the characters realize that they are living in a comic. In a metacomic, the characters are able to take advantage of the comic's structure to progress in the storyline. In brief, a metacomic is a comic about a comic.

## Elements

* Using the comic structure as an advantage (making the characters travel across comic panels, interact with speech balloons and other panels, or using the characters' speech as a "real", solid object).
* Drawing the author themselves into the comic to act as a character and interact with other characters.
* Using direct help from the author (the author's "hand" might appear to the comic and draw a helpful object, delete enemies with an eraser, or touch/move the characters).

## Examples

* Krazy Kat by George Herriman
* L'Origine [fr] by Marc-Antoine Mathieu [fr]
* Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
* Opus by Satoshi Kon
* Deadpool in Marvel Comics
* The author of and characters from the webcomic Sinfest
* The creators of the graphic novel Logicomix
* Imbattable by Pascal Jousselin
* Gwenpool in Marvel Comics
