word balloon
Comic dialogue container
A word balloon is the rounded shape in comics and cartoons that contains a character's speech or thoughts, with a tail pointing to the speaker.
Speech balloons typically have smooth outlines, while thought balloons often appear cloud-like.
Also called speech balloon or speech bubble.
The word balloon showed her shouting in all caps.
- speech bubbleEnclosed comic dialogue
- comic stripSerialized newspaper cartoon panels
- comicFunny performer or publication
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- inner monologueUnspoken personal narration
cartoon · panel · graphic storytelling · text · caption · exclamation · lettering · manga · graphic novel · pop · burst · cloud · talk · talk show · conversation · voice over · floating · round
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- comic artcomic, comics, comic book, cartoon, manga
- comic elementsspeech bubble, thought bubbles, dialogue box, scalloped edge, inner monologue
- editorial cartoonseditorial cartoon, political cartoon, political satire, caricature, cartoonist
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk