Comments on: A Block of Panels in Solanin http://madinkbeard.com/archives/a-block-of-panels-in-solanin { Derik Badman's Writing on Comics (mostly) } Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DerikB http://madinkbeard.com/archives/a-block-of-panels-in-solanin/comment-page-1#comment-150930 DerikB Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:22:52 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/?p=1405#comment-150930 That's an interesting reading, Sebastien, except the female character is also the one speaking. I read it as a brief pause as the characters look, then smile at each other before the female speaks. Asano's word balloon placement seems more a misstep than a purposeful tactic. It does make the upper left panels a bit isolated and easy to miss (you follow from the tall panel through the word balloons to the wide panel, passing by the other two panels in the corner). That’s an interesting reading, Sebastien, except the female character is also the one speaking. I read it as a brief pause as the characters look, then smile at each other before the female speaks.

Asano’s word balloon placement seems more a misstep than a purposeful tactic. It does make the upper left panels a bit isolated and easy to miss (you follow from the tall panel through the word balloons to the wide panel, passing by the other two panels in the corner).

]]> By: sebastian http://madinkbeard.com/archives/a-block-of-panels-in-solanin/comment-page-1#comment-150044 sebastian Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:18:34 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/?p=1405#comment-150044 I think more interesting here is not the symmetry of the two pages but the way the wordballoon in Block 2 (as you called it) breaks the standard flow of the panels. It suspends the two top right panels. It reads, for me at least, as though we are getting the simultaneous reaction of the two characters to the wordballoon, capturing the same moment in time from two angles. I've rarely seen this in western comics other than in Mignola's Hellboy, were its used to great effect. I think more interesting here is not the symmetry of the two pages but the way the wordballoon in Block 2 (as you called it) breaks the standard flow of the panels. It suspends the two top right panels. It reads, for me at least, as though we are getting the simultaneous reaction of the two characters to the wordballoon, capturing the same moment in time from two angles.

I’ve rarely seen this in western comics other than in Mignola’s Hellboy, were its used to great effect.

]]> By: Anja Flower http://madinkbeard.com/archives/a-block-of-panels-in-solanin/comment-page-1#comment-146961 Anja Flower Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:57:01 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/?p=1405#comment-146961 Very interesting; it reminds me of a canon in classical music, in which a structure is carefully laid out, and played in both forwards and reverse orders. Very Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid-y. I might try it...! Very interesting; it reminds me of a canon in classical music, in which a structure is carefully laid out, and played in both forwards and reverse orders. Very Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid-y. I might try it…!

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Dec. 8, 2008: Betty Page http://madinkbeard.com/archives/a-block-of-panels-in-solanin/comment-page-1#comment-146848 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Dec. 8, 2008: Betty Page Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:26:20 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/?p=1405#comment-146848 [...] [Craft] A block of panels from Solanin Link: Derik Badman [...] [...] [Craft] A block of panels from Solanin Link: Derik Badman [...]

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