Graphic Novel Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. The panel closest to the viewer.
  2. 4. When an image isn't contained within a panel, but extends to and/or beyond the edge of a page.
  3. 6. The author's view on life and how people behave.
  4. 12. This transition is used to slow time. It is like a wandering eye or panorama.
  5. 13. Balloons These enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker's mouth.
  6. 15. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements.
  7. 16. Refer to the process of closure. Refers to what happens between the slides.
  8. 17. A panel that takes up more space on a page than the other panels.
  9. 18. The space between framed panels where your imagination comes alive.
Down
  1. 1. An account that tells the particulars of an act or event.
  2. 2. Transitions like a flip book, transitions from one second to the next.
  3. 4. Provides additional, sub-textual information for the reader.
  4. 5. Any lines that "emanate" from a person or thing to show what's going on.
  5. 7. Allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision.
  6. 8. The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison.
  7. 9. Weight 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.
  8. 10. The lines and borders that contain a panel.
  9. 11. A visual representation produced on a surface.
  10. 14. A single drawing on the page; a distinct segment of the comic.
  11. 17. Effects Lettering this is a method of drawing attention to a text.