Monday, October 28, 2013

This week I chose to do Hergé and the Adventures of Tin Tin. I know a film version came out recently, but I didn't see it, however that is what created my interest in the comics.  I looked them up shortly after the movie came out and I remember reading a few online, though after i started classes I stopped reading them.

I've always liked a mystery, so it's not surprising I enjoyed this. 

One thing I noticed about the comic was that all the panels were regular, rectangles, no overlapping ones or diagonals, any yet because of the variety in panel size and shape, as well as the detail within the panels, it feels more dynamic and visually interesting.

I also noticed that he used a lot of text in the panels, mostly dialog.    I know this is an older comic, back when people actually had attention spans longer than 30 seconds, it it was still surprising to see how much of the story could be told just through spoken words and images.


1 comment:

  1. Herge is great! Tin-tin is a good example of simple paneling with art that moves the action. It is really important to point out the amount of text. It slows the reader down and lets us stay with the story a little longer- than just zipping through text-less, image only panels

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