THEMES OF FILIPINO KOMIKS SHORT STORIES:
A CONTENT ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT
This study is a content analysis of the various themes, sub-themes and the types of endings contained in the short stories in Filipino comic books, thereafter referred to in its vernacular form, "komiks."
The study sampled 30 komiks from two of the top komiks publishers in the Philippines. There were 10 samples of EXTRA (Special) komiks by the Atlas Publishing Company, thereafter referred to as "Atlas Publishing," and 20 samples of United (Super Stories) komiks by Graphic Arts and Services, Inc., thereafter referred to as "GASI." The dates of the komiks analyzed covered the period May to September 1992.
Using frequency counts, it was determined that there were 18 major themes in the study, the most recurring of which were romance, human nature and marital relationship. These major themes have variationstype of romance, type of married life, emotions or characteristics intrinsic to a human......
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