Week 4 - The Graphic Code of Comic Books

Readings 

Paul Gravett Comic Art pp 22 - 33
Nick Dodds: VaroomLab Comic Strips pp 42 - 50

Lecture Notes 

Scott Mc Cloud - Panel transition types 

Moment to moment - Small lapses in time, little closure needed.
Action to action - Different actions / same scene, some closure needed.
Subject to subject - Different subjects / same scene or idea, needs more reader involvement to work.
Scene to scene - Geographic location - Significant movement of time and / or space. Deductive reasoning is needed.
Aspect o aspect - Scene setting - no apparent shift in time. Shows different aspects of the same scene.
Non-sequitur - No logical relationship between panels.  

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