Graphic Novel Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. This person gives the comic color,and add to the weight andvibrancy of the image. They're often responsible for helping set tone and mood via color.
  2. 4. An image that spans more than one page.
  3. 6. A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways.
  4. 9. Space between panels where the reader infers movement and action between panels.
  5. 10. A sound represented in text; the font, coloring and lettering of sound effects are important to conveying the sound to the reader.
  6. 11. Writes the story and has the overall vision of how the story will go. They write the dialogue and how the story will progress.
  7. 12. Squares or rectangles that contain a single scene.
  8. 14. A row of panels.
  9. 15. Primary artist. This person takes the script and draws the comic.They draw the comic in pencil which then gets inked and colored later on.
Down
  1. 1. Lines or boxes around a panel(s).
  2. 2. How the panels, texts, dialogues, etc. are arranged on a page.
  3. 5. Contains character dialogue; communication between/among characters.
  4. 7. Contains information about a scene or character and helps with narration and description.
  5. 8. Contains a character’s thoughts.
  6. 13. This person is responsible for reviewing the story and offering helpful criticism or catching mistakes before the novel goes to print.