Comic art as a way to highlight current environmental issues

Abstract

The article analyses satirical and humorous ideas in the French language covering current environmental issues. Special attention is paid to the description of environmental problems, and the comic as one of the ways to solve them. The authors consider the term “comic”, its types and techniques. The article analyses verbal and nonverbal techniques of creating the comic in satirical articles of the magazine “Charlie Hebdo” and caricatures.

Keywords

• ecology
• comic art
• satire
• caricature
• the french language