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Considering Comics
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Parker, Veronica
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2019 July 29
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James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives
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A collection of materials used in the Considering Comics exhibit
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Drawing
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8 1/2 x 14 inches
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Scotland Yard Detective, Page 37
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Vess, Charles
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1987
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VCU Libraries, James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, Charles Vess Papers M374.
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Concept art for the book Time Machine #17: Scotland Yard Detective, that was published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group.
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There are roughly eight different types of shading that are often used by artists, hatching, cross-hatching, contour-hatching, contour cross-hatching, diverse hatching, stippling, scribbling, and ink wash. This work is an amazing example of the variety of these line applications that can be found in a single piece.
The first and most obvious of this is the diverse hatching that is found all over the surface of the central building. Diverse hatching is where short lines are drawn one over another in irregular patterns. This differs from regular hatching, found in the straight beams over the door and in the rooftops, which is simply a series of straight parallel lines. Normal cross-hatching appears over the lamp post in the middle left, where the tiny regular grid-like squares grow so close together it is hard to distinguish individual marks. Contour hatching, best seen in the cut ends of the building’s beams, is characterized by curving lines that follow the contour of the object they represent. On the jacket of the man walking into the building, the little dots that shade the garment are examples of stippling. Finally, the stones in the foreground, the sky above and the edge of the building on the right hand side are all ink washed to appear as a completely solid contrast to the activity of the rest of the page. The only types of shading not used in this work are contour cross-hatching and scribbling. Contour cross-hatching is when the grid-like arrangement of lines flows along the contour of a drawn form, while scribbling is a random unbroken line that loops over and around itself.
Which shading techniques an artist choses is often due to personal preference. An entire piece could be shaded in ink wash for example, or you could have a work like this Charles Vess where nearly all are used.
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Considering Comics
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Parker, Veronica
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2019 July 29
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James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives
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A collection of materials used in the Considering Comics exhibit
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: Book One
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Book
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: Book One
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Watterson, Bill
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2005
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VCU Libraries, James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives
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Lionheart Books Ltd.
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Third cartoon strip, page 80. Time is a hard concept to represent. With comics, the gutter between panels can represent anywhere from a second passing to several million years. Typically, we approach comics with the assumption that the time between the panels amounts to a few seconds unless there are drastic changes between one panel and the next. Such as a character that was a child in one panel is shown as an adult in the following one. The larger the amount of time that passes, the easier it is for the reader to follow because the visual differences will be greater.
Time is a hard concept to represent. With comics, the gutter between panels can represent anywhere from a second passing to several million years. Typically, we approach comics with the assumption that the time between the panels amounts to a few seconds unless there are drastic changes between one panel and the next. Such as a character that was a child in one panel is shown as an adult in the following one. The larger the amount of time that passes, the easier it is for the reader to follow because the visual differences will be greater.
But what if the comic wants to show the passage of say, an hour? This is where the pause panel comes into play. A pause panel is exactly what it sounds like, a panel in which the action pauses. Bounded by action on both sides, the pause panel is a typically devoid of movement, or text. It is a visual “rest”.
Take this Calvin and Hobbes sequence for example. Inside the tent, Calvin and Hobbes tuck themselves into their sleeping bags and say goodnight to one another. The next panel is an exterior view of the tent they are sleeping in. We as readers assume that they are sleeping because of the lack of text, and because of our familiarity with the “real” pause that occurs when we go to bed ourselves.
This short comic also features a long transition of time, between the panel where someone asks “Do you believe in ghosts?”, and the one where Calvin and Hobbes are sitting outside their tent shaking with fear. The transition of time is signaled to the reader through the dark sky in one panel, and the sun rising in the other. There is no need here for a pause, because the reader can easily assume that there was a passage of time from the change of night to day.
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Considering Comics
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Considering Comics
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Parker, Veronica
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2019 July 29
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James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives
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A collection of materials used in the Considering Comics exhibit
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The Sandman: Overture, The Deluxe Edition
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Trade Paperback Book
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The Sandman: Overture, The Deluxe Edition
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Gaiman, Neil, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart
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2015
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VCU Libraries, James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives
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DC Comics
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Pages 39 and 40 of this book stand as a great example for the sheer variety of ways text balloons can be manipulated as characterization devices. Gaiman’s Eternals are identifiable through their balloons alone. Each “speaks” in a different font, which is then backed by a related color within the balloons. For example, the main character of the story, the Sandman (also called Dream or Morphous), has white text on a black background. His power is over dreams, so his color scheme is tied to night imagery. This differentiation allows readers to easily relate text to characters despite the chaotic layouts that appear within the book.
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comic books
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Considering Comics
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James Branch Cabell Library
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Considering Comics
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Parker, Veronica
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2019 July 29
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James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives
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A collection of materials used in the Considering Comics exhibit
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The Tea Dragon Society
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The Tea Dragon Society
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O’Neill, Katie
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2017
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Oni Press
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This book is a print adaptation of a webcomic by the same name that was first published on September 1, 2016. While it exists in both formats, the reading experience is quite different. The print version exists as a physical object, and thus has weight, and tactility in addition to its visual aspects. A reader has to physically turn each page to read the next, which is a different feeling than clicking with a mouse. Additionally the print version features extra drawings on the back of the chapter title pages that are not found in the web version.
The web version has its own set of advantages too. In the web version it is possible to zoom in on the pages by increasing the magnification of the browser window so that text and images can become easier to read. The webcomic can also function as a shared experience. Below each page of the webcomic there are comment sections where other readers can post their feelings and thoughts about the story. Both the zooming ability and the comments are lost in the transition from digital to print.
This of course does not mean that one version is necessarily superior over the other. It is just important to keep in mind that even with the same content, different forms of media are experienced in different ways by readers.
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Considering Comics
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