How To Pace Comics
We took a peek at compression and decompression in comics in the previous blog post . Now, let's look at pacing, or how to pace comics. Pacing is simply how fast a reader reads your comics. Much like compression and decompression, pacing allows you to highlight pivotal events in your story. And this is primarily done by influencing how long your reader stays on a panel. The longer the reader stays on the panel, the reading place slows down. The faster the reader stays on a panel, the reading pace speeds up. 1. By default, the amount of text you place on a panel dictates pacing. The more text, the slower the pace. Chris Claremont is known for having verbose panels during his acclaimed run on Uncanny X-Men . 2. When the size of the panel is small, the pacing quickens. Conversely, large panels slow down the pacing. 3. Then the amount of visual information (details) you have inside a panel dictates pacing. The more visual information, or the more a reader has to look at, the
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tawang tawa naman ako. para lang yu samamabits maderpaker syeeeeeeet!
hahahahaha.
this one made my day. :)
i'm viewing this just from a net cafe and it is really futile to suppress laughter! (mind you, i'm laughing like a hyena right now! bwahahaha)
wadapak talaga! patok!!!!
zoetrope
i got the "dipindi sa klasi" part.
been racking my brains for the "ded shit", though.
ps: carl, my hubby loves your latest RL ish! sinuyod namin bawat page from 10pm-1am!
Nida... ang "ded shit" ay ginagamit bilang pangtakip ng kama. :-) Nakows, inducing insomnia pala magasin namin! Glad you liked it. :-)
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Thanks for mentioning me in your Blog. That DED SHIT item was my most favorite coz kasama ko ang Mayor ng malayong lugar na yan at tumawa ako nang tumawa sa harapan nya while taking its pic. Di rin nya ako na-gets coz parang halos lahat cguro ng ukay doon nagpapabenta ng dedshit.
My collection has certainly took its journey all over the world (and it has reached me several times in different titles and compilations).
I was in the mood for googling out who's been mentioning me, and your blog is probably one of the few who referred to me correctly as a SHE. :-) Bless you and good day. Marami pa akong dagdag na collection.
Jojie Alcantara
www.witerary.com