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.^[1]

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

References

^ Meskin, Aaron; Cook, Roy T. (2012-02-27). The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach. John Wiley & Sons. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4443-3464-7.

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[1] Meskin, Aaron; Cook, Roy T. (2012-02-27). The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach. John Wiley & Sons. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4443-3464-7.

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