Hi Guys,
So this quarter I am taking a class about Graphic Narratives for my arts of expression credit. I wanted to take it because I really don't know much about the genre, aside from comic strips and reading gags in the New Yorker, and the reading list for the class is pretty interesting. We've been talking a lot about how panels on a page relate to each other and different transition styles. It reminded me a lot of making diptychs and triptychs in photography. If the images don't relate, or at least make the suggestion that they do, then the viewer is often confused. We have the option of writing a 10pg graphic novel for our final, which l am very interested in doing. Just thinking about it is making me a little nuts though! I mean it's hard enough to choose 3 photos for a triptych, let alone draw 10 pages of individual panels that flow and create a story. Phew! Here's a page from one of the novel's we are reading now, Maus by Art Spiegelman (see top of page). I recommend the book!
Chloe
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