Thursday Post 3-26-09
Framework (in the comic world - panels)
Broken panels, figures jumping off the page, Eisner storytelling art was not confined to the four corners of a panel or page of art.
- On the dynamics of Will Eisner, considered the father of comics.
Mccloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
This book is all about the different aspects of comics, and how they don't have to be "crude, poorly-drawn, semiliterate, cheap, disposable kiddie fare". One of the sections of this book covers the dynamics of the framework used in comics and how the layout of the page can completely change the function of what is in the panel. Having something that is inside the bordered panel breaking through the border, becoming it's own border, emphasizes that image. I am really getting into the idea that these images should only be semi-rectangular. Maybe some of them might fare better with rectangular borders, but the ones that have more action should definitely be emphasized by the action carrying on outside the border, such as with the seal being attacked by the shark. In the case of the snake image, I'm not sure that would need a specially shaped border, I believe the rectangle would display it well. Whether the two types of borders can be mixed in a series of works that each have their own narrative (are not all part of the same story) I am not sure. I think if I mixed the idea of creating a contextual border (say for example having a snake wrapping around the desert image, the outer contours of the snakes body forming the border - obviously this would be a bit redundant but you get the idea) and broken borders (continuing the seals tale outside of the rectangle) then this could really bring a whole new dynamic to my work. I'm a little wary of making these overly comic, but at the same time I want to just dive into it a little bit, because I've often thought of making a graphic novel, and this would be a fun mix of fine art and graphic novel without actually having to come up with a single narrative that has a beginning, middle, climax, end. I hope that makes sense.
Broken panels, figures jumping off the page, Eisner storytelling art was not confined to the four corners of a panel or page of art.
- On the dynamics of Will Eisner, considered the father of comics.
Mccloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
This book is all about the different aspects of comics, and how they don't have to be "crude, poorly-drawn, semiliterate, cheap, disposable kiddie fare". One of the sections of this book covers the dynamics of the framework used in comics and how the layout of the page can completely change the function of what is in the panel. Having something that is inside the bordered panel breaking through the border, becoming it's own border, emphasizes that image. I am really getting into the idea that these images should only be semi-rectangular. Maybe some of them might fare better with rectangular borders, but the ones that have more action should definitely be emphasized by the action carrying on outside the border, such as with the seal being attacked by the shark. In the case of the snake image, I'm not sure that would need a specially shaped border, I believe the rectangle would display it well. Whether the two types of borders can be mixed in a series of works that each have their own narrative (are not all part of the same story) I am not sure. I think if I mixed the idea of creating a contextual border (say for example having a snake wrapping around the desert image, the outer contours of the snakes body forming the border - obviously this would be a bit redundant but you get the idea) and broken borders (continuing the seals tale outside of the rectangle) then this could really bring a whole new dynamic to my work. I'm a little wary of making these overly comic, but at the same time I want to just dive into it a little bit, because I've often thought of making a graphic novel, and this would be a fun mix of fine art and graphic novel without actually having to come up with a single narrative that has a beginning, middle, climax, end. I hope that makes sense.
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