1. Graphic Novel Elements Comics Vocabulary + Structure

2. What are Comics (Graphic Novels)? Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer. (whew!) Sequential Art

3. Story Telling/ Literature ReaderNarratorJuxtaposition Protagonist (Antagonist, etc) MetaphorSymbolmore…

4. A Rose by Any Other Name… (different terms/different meanings) Dialogue/ Speech Bubble Tone (Contents, Presentation – words and pictures)

5. Visual Art PerspectiveLineShapeTexture Shadow/ Shading Style Negative Space Synesthetics

6. Martian Alphabet (how visuals carry meaning) We have a shared sense of meaning that goes beyond words. Which one is Booba? Which is Kiki?

7. structure,layout,colour = meaning

12. Juliet gets ANGRY!!! (Manga Style)

13. Other Styles

14. Line and Shape

18. Negative Space

19. Line and Shape Help Create Mood

22. Comics Panel –Panel Transitions GutterClosure Dealing with Time ExpansionCompression Lettering and Word Balloons

23. Dealing with Time: Expansion & Compression

24. Panel Transitions Moment-to-MomentAction-to-ActionSubject-to-SubjectScene-to-SceneAspect-to-Aspect(Non-Sequitur) Symbolic/ Figurative

25. Moment-to-Moment Same subject Shows passage of time

26. Action-to-Action Same subject Shows change in physical form of subject, action performed (verb)

27. Subject-to-Subject Within scene/ idea Shows minute passage of time

28. Scene-to-Scene Requires deductive reasoning Transports the reader across “significant distances of time and space.” Often supplemented with a transitional device in the narrative voice (Meanwhile…)

29. Aspect-to-Aspect Time may pause (Compression) Extension Same scene, as though the character or reader is “looking around.” Same scene, as though the character or reader is “looking around.” *think: descriptive prose

30. Aspect-to-Aspect The phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole is closure. Mood, Time, Synesthetics

31. Non-Sequitur Offers no logical relationship between the panels. Rare.

32. Expansion of Time

33. Think about using metaphor and playing with words to enrich meaning.

34. Lettering and Speech Balloons

35. With Utmost Respect: McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Print. Ms. Celia Brownrigg, for a large part of this power-point.