Panel (comics)
A panel is an individual frame, or single drawing, in the multiple-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book, as well as a graphic novel. A panel consists of a single drawing depicting a frozen moment.[1] When multiple panels are present, they are often, though not always, separated by a short amount of space called a gutter.
Newspaper
In Asia, a vertical four-panel arrangement (yonkoma) is common in newspapers, such as with Azumanga Daioh. In a comic book or graphic novel, the shapes of panels and the number of panels on a page may vary widely.
The word "panel" may also refer to a
Form
There are two major styles used in newspaper comics, single panels and strips. Single panels are usually not broken up (though this is not always the case), and thus lack continuity. Comics such as
Early daily strips were large, often running the entire width of the newspaper, and were sometimes three or more inches high.[4] Initially, a newspaper page included only a single daily strip, usually either at the top or the bottom of the page. By the 1920s, many newspapers had a comics page on which many strips were collected together. Over decades, the size of daily strips became smaller and smaller; until by the year 2000, four standard daily strips could fit in an area once occupied by a single daily strip.[5]
NEA Syndicate experimented briefly with a two-tier daily strip, Star Hawks, but after a few years, Star Hawks dropped down to a single tier.[3]
In Flanders, Belgium, the two-tier strip is the standard publication style of most daily strips like Spike and Suzy and Nero.[6] They appear Monday through Saturday; until 2003 there were no Sunday papers in Flanders.[7] In the last decades,[when?] they have been switched from black-and-white to color.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Saraceni, Mario. The Language of Comics. London ; New York, N.Y: Routledge, 2003, p.7
- ^ Go Comics
- ^ a b Toonopedia
- ^ Newspaper Archive
- ^ WebCite: Comic Strip Project
- ^ Baudart, Sébastien (2005). Strips in de Belgische dagbladpers, 1945–1950 (PDF) (in Dutch). p. 69. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Michielsen, Stefaan (2003-09-26). "Zondagskrant als antwoord van uitgevers op krimpende markt" (in Dutch). De Standaard. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
See also
- Kishotenketsu