Monday, June 20, 2011

Did you know that comics did this?!

Comics often uses a question mark followed by an exclamation mark to show the "excitement" of the question. Such as this panel from Spider-Man...


Maybe comics could start combining other punctuation marks to better explain an emotion, such as combining a period and exclamation mark to show mediocre excitement.

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6 comments:

  1. Miguel and the Detroit WolverinesJune 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    the question mark/exclamation is known as an "interrobang"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang

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  2. Kerry CallenJune 20, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. RichardJune 20, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    I don't think I've ever seen .! used, but ...! and ...? are both fairly common ways of indicating speechlessness. The first could be interpreted as being stunned; the second as being more puzzled. And if you add either one to the end of a statement, it connotes trailing off in a meaningful way. If you see what I mean...?

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  4. Warren LudwigJune 30, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    And here are other some nifty ways to express your feelings with punctuation:

    :•) mildy amused clown

    :•D really happy clown

    :•{ queasy clown

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  5. Anthony VukojevichJuly 20, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    If you ever read Steve Englehart's West Cost Avengers, you will notice that EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE ends with an EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    really!

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  6. Scott HaleyOctober 12, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    In the old days, comics were printed cheaply on cheap paper, and periods often just vanished. Guys like Jack Kirby never ended a sentence with a period. They used question marks, exclamation points, and ellipses... It made the dialogue exciting!

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