thought bubbles
Drawn mental dialogue
Thought bubbles are the rounded enclosures in comics and cartoons that show what a character is thinking, distinguished from speech bubbles by their cloud-like shape and trail of small circles pointing to the thinker's head.
The term extends to any visual or metaphorical representation of unspoken thoughts: I could practically see the thought bubble forming over her head.
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- speechOral communication ability
- thinking out loudVerbalizing one's reasoning
- comicsSequential art medium
- cartoon stripSerialized illustrated humor feature
balloon · dialogue box · speech balloon · imagination · idea · inner monologue · callout · visual storytelling · pondering · expression · cartoonist · communication · panel · comic panel · editorial cartoon · narrative art · character dialogue · visual pun
- graphicsvector, shapes, 3D graphics, raster, symbols
- comic artcomic, comics, comic book, cartoon, manga
- comic book elementssuperheroes, villains, sidekicks, alter egos, secret identities
- thoughtsidea, ideas, thinking, notion, notions
- comic book featurespanels, captions, gutters, splash pages, cover art
- comic book humorcomic strips, funny pages, visual comedy, sight gags, visual puns
thought bubblesspeech bubbles
Enclosed comic dialogue areas
word balloons · spoken dialogue · exclamations · verbal expression · shouting
thought bubblesaction lines
Motion marks in illustration
action · movement · doing · sound effects · physical activity
thought, bubble, thoughts, thinkers, thoughtful, thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, thoughtless, thoughtlessly