Pages may consist of a single panel or may contain several panels a row of panels is called a tier a full page illustration is known as a splash and a spread is an image that spans two or more pages of uniform or varied sizes.
Gutters and frames graphic novel.
Open panels aka borderless panels panels where one or more or even all of the sides of the comic panel are open to show dramatic effect.
Gutter bleed frame the space between framed panels the lines and borders that contain the panel an image that extends to and or beyond the edge of the page.
No longer an underground movement appealing to a small following of enthusiasts graphic novels have emerged as a growing segment of book publishing and have become accepted by librarians and educators as mainstream literature for children and young adults literature that powerfully motivates kids to read.
The format is what makes the story a graphic novel and usually includes text images word balloons.
The invisible messenger if one were to look at a comic they would see empty space between the panels that contain the illustrations and dialogue of the text.
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The panel closest to the viewer.
In the comic world this space is known as the gutter.
Graphic novels are a subgenre of comics which is a word you may also hear people use when referring to this style of book.
The bolder the graphic weight the greater the visual focus making that element.
Gutters the space between the panels of the comic shaded red in this example.
Graphic novels can be any genre and tell any kind of story just like their prose counterparts.
A single frame or box that generally contains one sequence or segment of action.
Panel the box or segment that contains the image and text frame the border that surrounds and contains the panel gutter the space that lies between panels bleed when an image goes beyond the borders of the page graphic weight the heaviness or intensity of a line or block of shading for visual focus.
The space between framed panels.
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A visual or implied boundary and the contents within it that tell a piece of the story.
An image that extends to and or beyond the edge of the page.
Monnin s 2010 graphic novel vocabulary the basics.
These lines show the individual panels.
The space between the panels.
They separate the different panels frozen scenes.
Aka panel frame the edge or outline of the comic page shaded red in this example.
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The varied sizes generally help to create pacing.
The lines and borders that contain the panels.
As the reader moves from one panel to the next they predict and conclude what is happening.
These images cover both pages.
