Tuesday, March 4, 2008

poetry and comic books

This is a great resource as you think about your books, storyboards, comicbooks, multiple image sequences:

The Poem as Comic Strip
Heightened language—one possible or partial definition of poetry—isn’t the first thing one associates with comics. Yet comic book artists take into account the way words appear on the page to a degree poets will find familiar. How many lines should accompany each image? How high should the dialogue balloon float? The ratio of printed words to blank space plays a role in whether a poem or strip succeeds.

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