When was the last time you wrote a letter?
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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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I remember a time when I wrote so many letters to friends. My hands ached from writing long stories, my handwriting went from bad to worse. I also remember the thrill of waiting for the mailman to bring me post.
Thanks! Hopefully, I can bring myself to do the same as you have. :)
Cheers!
I haven't really started writing anybody this way recently, but I'd like to get around to doing it sometime. Of course, with someone who would be willing to do the same. Who among my friends would be willing to do that, I don't know. We'll see.
Thanks for commenting. :-)
Oh and, I miss erasures.