On page 20-21 of the Ghost of the Grotto, the most prominent panel-to-panel transition is the action-to-action transition, which is the most used in comics books. These transitions gives the impression that the story is progressing rather quickly, similarly to an action scene. Given the subject of the scene, when we understand that one character is being held captive, it gives the narration a sense of urgency. By using aspect-to-aspect transition, Barks’ shows us simultaneous scenes, the one on the boat, and the one in the cave, making the reader understand what is happening in both instance. The narration is moving fast and not dwelling on less important details, as shown by the temporal rupture and temporal ellipsis on bewteen panel 7 and 8.
The linework in Barks’ work is often composed of soft, gentle curved lines. While there is sometimes straights lines, they are not sharp - the angles and harsh lines are often softened, …show more content…
In fact, in the first ten panels, additive combination is used, as pictures and text could not function on their own and work together to convey meaning to the story. This is the commonly used and is the most popular way of storytelling in comics. It makes the comic visually stimulating and makes the reader more involved in both the drawing and the words. However, the last three panels have a picture-specific combination, as the panels can be understood without the text, but also montage combination: onomatopoeia are integrated in the picture, but also act as a soundtrack of the panel. This makes the comic more lively and more comical for children. The association of both additive, picture-specific and montage makes the comic more entertaining for a younger audience and funnier for the readers. It gives balance between words and pictures so that even the youngest readers can understand the comic without having to read large block of
The linework in Barks’ work is often composed of soft, gentle curved lines. While there is sometimes straights lines, they are not sharp - the angles and harsh lines are often softened, …show more content…
In fact, in the first ten panels, additive combination is used, as pictures and text could not function on their own and work together to convey meaning to the story. This is the commonly used and is the most popular way of storytelling in comics. It makes the comic visually stimulating and makes the reader more involved in both the drawing and the words. However, the last three panels have a picture-specific combination, as the panels can be understood without the text, but also montage combination: onomatopoeia are integrated in the picture, but also act as a soundtrack of the panel. This makes the comic more lively and more comical for children. The association of both additive, picture-specific and montage makes the comic more entertaining for a younger audience and funnier for the readers. It gives balance between words and pictures so that even the youngest readers can understand the comic without having to read large block of