▁" aut istic ▁dist urban ces ▁of ▁affect ive ▁contact " ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁consisting ▁of ▁eight ▁boys ▁and ▁three ▁girls . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Ep ide mi ology ▁of ▁aut ism ▁G ender ▁bias ▁in ▁psych ological ▁diagn osis ▁M ental ▁dis orders ▁and ▁gender ▁Sex ▁differences ▁in ▁sch iz op hren ia ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Aut ism ▁Category : S ex ▁differences ▁in ▁humans <0x0A> </s> ▁a ▁medium ▁used ▁to ▁express ▁narr atives ▁or ▁other ▁ideas ▁through ▁images , ▁usually ▁combined ▁with ▁text . ▁It ▁typically ▁ ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁sequence ▁of ▁pan els ▁of ▁images . ▁Text ual ▁devices ▁such ▁as ▁speech ▁bal lo ons , ▁ca ptions , ▁and ▁on om at op oe ia ▁can ▁indicate ▁dialog ue , ▁narr ation , ▁sound ▁effects , ▁or ▁other ▁information . ▁The ▁size ▁and ▁arrangement ▁of ▁pan els ▁contribute ▁to ▁narr ative ▁p acing . ▁Cart oon ing ▁and ▁other ▁forms ▁of ▁illustr ation ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁image - making ▁means ▁in ▁com ics ; ▁f um etti ▁is ▁a ▁form ▁which ▁uses ▁phot ographic ▁images . ▁Common ▁forms ▁include ▁com ic ▁stri ps , ▁editor ial ▁and ▁g ag ▁cart o ons , ▁and ▁com ic ▁books . ▁Since ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁bound ▁volumes ▁such ▁as ▁graph ic ▁nov els , ▁com ic ▁albums , ▁and ▁ ▁have ▁become ▁increasing ly ▁common , ▁while ▁online ▁web com ics ▁have ▁pro l ifer ated ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century