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Basic Graphic Novels Vocabulary
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Essential Questions for this unit
• How do graphic novels create meaning differently from traditional literature?
• How can graphic novels use simple images to convey complex ideas?
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Panel• A box which contains a given scene
• Example : from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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Panels• Different artists use panel size,
arrangement, etc. to create pacing, suspense, emotion and to draw the reader’s attention to certain things
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Panels • From Y: the Last Man by Brian K.
Vaughan, Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan
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Gutter• The white space between panels
• Example :from Maus by Art Spiegelman
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Gutter
• The size, placement, and presence or absence of the gutter affects the way you read the page
• Example : Incognegro by Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece
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Border• The outline of the panel
• Examples from Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
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Balloons• The container of the dialogue spoken by
the character
• There are speech balloons and thought balloons
• Example: from Comics and Sequential Art
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Tail •Pointer leading from balloon to speaker •From the Bone series by Jeff Smith:
Notice the
different
outlines of
the speech
balloons
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Style •The manner in which an artist draws
R. Crumb
Marjane Satrapi
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Who creates comics? Mainstream comics (like those
published by Marvel and DC), tend to use an assembly line approach where many people contribute to the finished product. This evolved in the early days of comic books in order to be able to produce comics quickly.
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Who creates comics?• Writer: the person who writes the story
and dialogue • Penciller: draws the comic book in pencil• Inker: goes over the pencil drawings in
black ink• Colorist: adds color to black and white
line art. Most colorists today use digital media
• Letterer: is responsible for all the letters in a comic book; titles, captions, credits, letters in speech balloons, etc. Using different fonts creates a different feel for the title or different characters
• Editor: oversees the whole process and assigns the different jobs
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Comics Creators • Many famous
comics creators, especially from independent and underground comics, both write and draw their own work
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Homework for tonight
• Analyze one page of the graphic novel you're reading. How many panels on the page? Do the panels have borders? How does the artist use the gutters? How would you describe the art style? What do the balloons look like?