Comic books and Graphic Novels

Panelling review

Where are you at?

Review a graphic novelMost of you will be able to

review panelling in the killing joke

Some of you will be able to analyse panelling in the

killing joke

All of you will be able to write about

panelling

PanelsA comics panel is visual content that captures a moment from a larger story.

• The edges of a panel are often defined by a border, usually rectangular, but not always.

• Sometimes the panel won’t have a border

• Vignettes are panels containing fades at the edges.

• Insert panels are places inside or on top of the frame.

Panel to panel transitions• Moment to moment- require very little

imagination from the reader about the moment that has taken place. Goes from one moment to another.

• Action to action- follows the action of the character from panel to panel. Goes from one character action to another.

Panel to panel transitions• Subject to subject- switches from one

subject to another within the same scene.

• Scene to scene-goes across large distances of time and space.

Panel to panel transitions• Overlay transitions- a superimposed

visual element that affects several panels.

TASK: Review the Killing JokeUse the Pdf on Moodle and the worksheet if you need extra help

Write about:- Panels- Panel transitions used- Why they are designed the way they

are in the Killing Joke.