Across
- 1. An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page.
- 4. Oftentimes the final line of the cartoon, this sentence or phrase is the lasting joke or message that makes the reader smile/laugh.
- 6. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements, including scene setting, description, etc.
- 8. The lines and borders that contain the panels.
- 10. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements, including scene setting,and description.
- 11. This space between panels. Oftentimes, readers are forced to “read between the lines” and speculate what happens in the gutter with respect to narrative structure.
- 13. A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than the rest than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways.
- 14. An image or object that represents a larger and more abstract idea
- 15. Allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision. The artist deliberately decides to place the image where a viewer would be most likely to look first.
Down
- 2. Lines and squiggles that emanate (originate) from a cartoon character or object to indicate movement.
- 3. Provides additional, subtextual information for the reader.
- 5. The areas between and around objects. Areas that - if we noticethem at all - we tend to think of as empty.
- 7. This is a method of drawing attention to text; it often highlightsonomatopoeia and reinforces the impact of words such as bang or wow.
- 9. A distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text in endless variety.
- 12. The panel closest to the viewer.