He was not above dropping comical elements into his scientific publications.
Battle sequences were not necessarily played down -- there is sword fighting aplenty -- but the companies and screenwriters did elevate the mystical and comical elements of the story.
She's done simpler stripes and dots, but "there are a lot of comical elements," she says, pointing to the Lucha Libre socks, complete with tiny knitted hands and feet.
The Jetsons may have intended the technologies featured in the show as comical elements, but soon, more of these will become familiar realities.
Plus he has the acting chops to propel him through the dramatic and comical elements of the role.
"We're treading a fine line between appreciating the comical elements of pingpong but also appreciating the athletic and artistic elements in a very sincere way," Jonathan Bricklin, SPiN's New York-based co-founder, said at the July opening.
While also commenting how Yu manages to reinforce both the comical and "spooky" elements of the plot, Blu-ray's Jeffrey Kauffman noted he "remains something of a cipher throughout the series" with the possibility of having the viewer relate with him.
Black humour, also called black comedy, writing that juxtaposes morbid or ghastly elements with comical ones that underscore the senselessness or futility of life.
The "Rings" trilogy, much of which was written during World War II, is a dark, monumental epic of Good and Evil in conflict, whereas "The Hobbit," first published in 1937 (and later revised), is a more lighthearted book, an adventure story whose comical and fairy-tale elements are very much in the foreground.
