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->''"You know what this is missing? Doctor Manhattan's arm moving a little!"''
-->-- ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' [[note]] Linkara [[https://youtu.be/_wrPws-jw9Y?t=1370 talking about]] comics he will never review, which includes Motion Comic adaptations.[[/note]]

A Motion Comic is a digital comic that incorporates elements of animation to make it flow. In the web, they are also called Flash comics due to the use of MediaNotes/AdobeFlash, and in Japan they are known as ''vomic'' (voiced comic).

While these comics do not necessarily have to include either music or voice acting, these are the most well-known examples thanks to the motion adaptations of comics like ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Likewise, there are comics that are popular with fans, and these will create their own video adaptations with music and voice acting, thus turning them into a sort of motion fan comic.

The earliest known example of a Motion Comic is the animated adaptation of Marvel Comics, ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'', that incorporated movements and audio with panels from their own works, meaning people could see Creator/JackKirby works being dubbed over. Other comics likewise have been adapted for television including ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', ''Manga Bible'', and other works.

There are three classifications for Motion Comics:
* '''Motion Comics''': these are digital comics that were created with this format in mind, hosted in the web as either online videos or webcomics, or created for a mobile app.
* '''Secondary Motion Comic''': there is a use of motion comic but they aren't considered the main product. Popular for videogame cutscenes. In webcomics, motion is used for special content and is not the primary focus.
* '''Motion Comics Adaptations''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. These are adaptations of comic books that were given movement and sometimes audio to be seen on television or the web. This classification also includes any fandub on comic books, which are popular with voice acting enthusiasts, or [=MMVs=] (Manga music videos).

The usage of speech bubbles in voiced Motion Comics depends entirely on the creator's decision. Some use them, others don't. Motion Comics in general are ruled by LimitedAnimation, but there are exceptions.

Do not confuse with VisualNovel, InteractiveComic, or PictureDrama (animations compounded by shots of still images). Compare and contrast SequentialArt (a sequence of pictures without camera panning or dialogue telling a story).
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!!Motion Comics

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' has a magazine with comics featuring the characters. There's a series of motion comics based on the physical comics featuring typical dialogue bubbles and comic book transitions.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* The entire game ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' is about this, a creator of a comic book being trapped into it, and the stages (and the whole feel of this game) are just like motion comics.

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[[folder: Web Animation ]]

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nQhta0Ttns Brightly Burning Ether]]'' by Blue Vertigo initially started as this before moving to a fully animated series. While a majority of the action is presented in the pilot is in a very comic book-esque style, there are some portions of traditional animation as well as moving lip-flaps.
* ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints''.
* ''Ore Wa Tomodachi Da'', a Venezuelan manga-esque motion comic created by SNT studios. The work is known for Creator/EtceteraGroup providing its voice actors and Cesar Franco (The Latin-American singer of ''Biggest dreamer'' from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'') providing the opening theme.
* Series/StateOfSyn is a motion comic webseries starring Jewel Staite and David Hewlett. The series aired on Hulu in 2013, with multiple episodes previewed on Platform/YouTube.
* ''[[http://www.centralcitytower.com/p/spider-stories.html Spider Stories]]'' is an extended moving [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXamx1ToIr4&feature=player_embedded mural]]
* ''WebAnimation/MarvelRisingUltimateComics'' is a series of motion comic shorts in the ''Franchise/MarvelRising'' franchise.

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* Platform/DeviantArt has the Motionbook feature, but there are comics hosted in the Flash/Interactive feature as well.
** ''Webcomic/{{Knite}}''
* The ''Platform/WaoowComics'' website, founded in 2017, is a host for these kind of works.
** ''Webcomic/InsectoNocturno''
* ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' was an animated comic that used [=GIFs=] for nearly every strip.
* ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}''
* The LGBT Cyberpunk comic ''Webcomic/BuyingTime''.

!!Secondary Motion Comics:

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* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', as an AffectionateParody to the superhero genre, uses motion comics for both the intro and credits sequences.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series uses motion manga for TheSummation of each murder trial, with the player filling out blank panels beforehand.
* The endings to both ''VideoGame/InFamous'' games take to this style, as the game is styled like a comic book.
* In the first two games of ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', it's notable the use of motion comics to know the story instead of cinematic cutscenes, all with the PointOfView of Max himself. Averted in the [[VideoGame/MaxPayne3 third game]] in which all the cutscenes are cinematic.
* Both ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' and ''Videogame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' use interactive motion comics for their cutscenes. Both games were released for the Platform/PlayStationPortable.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterMadness'': Some cutscenes are in the style of comic pages with added motion effects and some simple animation.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes OK K.O.!]] Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' is a BeatEmUp that uses motion comics with simple interactive sequences for its cutsenes.
* ''VideoGame/ShuyanSaga'' uses motion comics to present its story, and the game's art director, Daxiong, is a Chinese comic artist. Player choice is provided in the manner of a visual novel. (When Shuyan enters combat, however, gameplay switches to a 3D BeatEmUp.)
* The UFO endings of some ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games are animated in motion comic style instead of CGI cutscenes to ArtShift the style in [[RuleOfFunny something more comedic]].
* An European 1998 CD-ROM of ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' included animated versions of ''[[Recap/TheSmurfsBook1Story1TheBlackSmurfs The Black Smurfs]]'' and ''[[Recap/TheSmurfsBook1Story3TheFlyingSmurf The Flying Smurf]]'', mostly recreating the comic panels with some added animation.
* ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', released for the Platform/NintendoDS, use motion comics for its cutscenes.
* ''VideoGame/TraumaTeam'' has a strong comic book theming, even putting the menus and gameplay as panels. Naturally cutscenes take some liberties as well.
* The endings in ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal 2'' and ''Head On'' use this format.

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* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' sometimes used GIF animated comics in order to convey the joke easier. Certain special comics are often accompanied with a musical number, and later on were published in video format.
* ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'' has a few animated pages mostly to help better illustrate effects or gags. Although if the comic hits a milestone (like say: [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/100 100]], [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/200 200]], [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/300 300]], [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/400 400]], [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/500 500]] and [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/600 600]] pages) that special page will be fully animated.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is a multimedia webcomic that incorporated animated [=GIFs=] pretty early, then expanded to include full Flash animations and browser-based video games.
* ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' includes some animated updates, as well as small video games.
* Scott Kellogg sprinkles [=GIF=] panels in his ''Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox'' webcomic, usually in discotheque scenes or when depicting a hologram. This gimmick has subsided since the Disco Volante arc, however.
* ''Webcomic/TheBongcheonDongGhost'' is a korean webcomic that uses motion to animate the titular ghost to JumpScare the readers. [[NightmareFuel It worked,]] [[MemeticMutation as the comic became a popular subject for video reactions.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' occasionally features animation. One striking example being when it's used to demonstrate a character's ability to [[spoiler:teleport]].
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' has a few animations in its webcomic.
* ''ComicBook/TheDandy'', after ceasing print publication, moved to a digital format and includes these sorts of comics.
* ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Legend of Legendary Mighty Knight]]'' combines this with ArtShift; the soup the knight feeds to the dragon tastes so good the panel suddenly changes to a GIF of the shocked dragon superimposed over rapidly changing [[GISSyndrome photographs of galaxies]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Gumshoe}}'': In the Tapas version, text and other effects are animated.
* ''WebComic/SWAPEnsemble'' has the occasional "animated" page starting with the last page of Day 8, in which the characters' portraits revolve in a vaguely crescent-shaped motion. Later "animated" pages are mostly effects or a way to cram in more content per page, but the Day 10 elimination segment is fully animated.
* Some ''Webcomic/{{Fillbert}}'' comics use SVG animation.

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* InUniverse example: Fry makes a [[StylisticSuck crudely-drawn]] motion comic in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Lrreconciliable Nd-Ndifferences".

!!Motion Comics Adaptations
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* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'' received a [[https://twitter.com/Halmichi_Etsuko/status/1385556560391274497 motion comic adaptation]] by Etsuko Harumichi on April 23, 2021.
* ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion:3.0 (-120min.)]]'' was a short one-shot manga that details what Asuka and Mari were up to [[spoiler:during the 14-year TimeSkip between the second and third films]] given away alongside theatrical screenings of the final film. The manga would be [[{{Colorization}} colourised]] and adapted as a fully-voiced motion comic short film included as a bonus with the Blu-ray release of the final film alongside a different fully-animated prequel short film OVA called ''Evangelion:3.0 (-46h)''.
* ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' received a dubbed promotional comic of the first chapter to promote the manga.
* ''Manga Bible'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a manga adaptation of The Bible]], has been dubbed over to be shown in some Christian networks.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' got a comic adaptation of some chapters, with the anime voice actors reprising their roles. The comic had 4 episodes, lasting only 3 minutes.
* The ''Manga/{{Splatoon}}'' manga serialized in Magazine/CoroCoroComic had its first few chapters adapted into a motion comic in August 2017, though international press mistranslated the original announcement as being for an actual anime, which disappointed overseas fans once the actual nature of the production was revealed.
* ''[[Manga/UltramanManga ULTRAMAN]]'' by Hero's Inc. received a 40 episode (39 standard + 1 original bonus episode) Motion Comic adaption of the first 8 volumes. The comic even received 4 additional tie-in songs that you can still buy on iTunes today. However, it is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes no longer available to watch online]], which makes sense considering it now has a full anime adaption released on Netflix
* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'' was adapted as a motion comic, but marketed as an anime, which was criticized by many fans who were disappointed with the LimitedAnimation.
* The 1967 film adaptation of ''Band of Ninja'' by Creator/NagisaOshima is probably the UrExample in Japan, and the second oldest example in general.
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* Creator/MarvelComics:
** An early example and possibly TropeMaker would be ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'', a TV show from TheSixties which used the panels of the comics to show the adventures of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, ComicBook/TheMightyThor, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/NamorTheSubMariner, and ComicBook/IronMan.
** ''[[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.]]'', a motion adaptation of the titular book written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis. The titular character and [[ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} Madame Hydra]] were voiced by Nicolette Reed.
** ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' was adapted into a motion comic in 2018, with Creator/CalDodd reprising his role from the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries '90s animated series.]]
** Included as unlockables on ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects'' were adaptations of the first issues of ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' and ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' with new narration. While the ''FF'' narrator was a generic one, the ''X-Men'' one was revealed to be [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.]]
* Creator/DCComics:
** ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', an abridged adaptation with a full voice cast was released in 2008.
** ''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Watchmen: Motion Comics]]'', released in 2008 to promote the movie adaptation, the series consist of an abridged version of the graphic novel combined with movements. All the characters were voiced by voice actor Tom Stechschulte.
** ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'', an AnthologyComic series about the dark knight, some of the stories were adapted into semi-animated motion comics, available to be seen via streaming in [=TheWB's=] website.
** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', the CrisisCrossover from 2020-2021, received an oficial adaptation on DC's Platform/YouTube channel with their own soundtrack and famous voices like Creator/DavidHasselhoff as Superman, Creator/AndyBiersack as Batman and Music/ChelseaWolfe as Wonder Woman. Even the own comic book creators (Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo) made voices for the motion comic (ComicBook/SgtRock and ComicBook/{{Robin}} King, respectively.)
* Creator/{{Image}}: ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' was adapted into a motion comic by Gain Enterprises using the Bomb-xx process, and broadcast on Creator/{{MTV}}. However, the lukewarm reception killed any interest for it, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and is no longer available for purchase]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' had a couple of stories as animated features. Example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cscEj4rRQUg#! here]].
* The Chilean comic book ''ComicBook/{{Condorito}}'' was adapted to motion comics at the eve of TheMovie [[WesternAnimation/{{Condorito}} released on 2017]], apart of remaster some of TheEighties cartoons and make some short gags using the 3D technology from the movie.
* Some ''ComicBook/{{BIONICLE}}'' comics were adapted into motion comics as extras on the [=DVDs=] of {{The Movie}}s.
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* When Lynn Johnston started archiving ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' online, the strips were initially uploaded as animated [=GIFs=], but the only animation was the characters blinking their eyes periodically. A lot of readers considered this unsettling, and the comic went back to static strips.
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* ''Webcomic/WhatIfIKnowTooManyReasonsICanBeStrong'' received a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5BaISUIeI motion comic adaptation by Saikyo]].
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* ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' received a 4 issue miniseries published by Devil's Due. It was later adapted into a motion comic.
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* ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel]]'' are motion adaptation of the comic book adaptations drawn by Ashley Woods. They were first released for the Platform/PlayStationPortable as an interactive comic, but were later released as DVD movies with [[RoleReprise fully reprised voice acting from the game's voice actors]] ([[TheOtherDarrin replaced voice actors non-standing]]) in ''Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection.''
* [[Manga/{{Metroid}} The Metroid manga]] had an "e-manga" adaptation of the first two chapters.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': Kura Sushi's official Platform/YouTube channel posted a motion comic adaptation of Chapter 86.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The ''ComicBook/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' comics published by Lion Forge Comics were released as motion comics on Dreamworks's official Platform/YouTube channel.
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