@comicsdaniel

I've heard comic book artists on here say that an amateur mistake is to use techniques like 'panel stacking'. What does that mean?

7:36AM Sun, January 08 2012

@jamesreekie

"four panels should never be stacked 2 on top of 2. the reader will not know whether to read up or to the left or right."

7:43AM Sun, January 08 2012

@stephenmdowney

Panel stacking is having no clean gutters between panels, so they overlap instead.

7:45AM Sun, January 08 2012

@comicsdaniel

@jamesreekie Cheers, fellas. Can you find a visual example of it for me?

7:48AM Sun, January 08 2012

@JackCouvela Newcastle

...they can and should be broken if they help to tell the story and evolve the medium.

8:25AM Sun, January 08 2012

@comicsdaniel

Yeah, I think you can tell the reading order perfectly in that strip so it isn't a problem. Likewise with the bit in Costume.

8:26AM Sun, January 08 2012

@JackCouvela Newcastle

The key is moderation I think. I also don't like hearing you should never break the panel border.

8:27AM Sun, January 08 2012

@comicsdaniel

With anything like that, though, it is about doing it very few times - so that it has the maximum impact.

8:28AM Sun, January 08 2012

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I've heard comic book artists on here say that an amateur mistake is to use techniques like 'panel stacking'. What does that mean?

"four panels should never be stacked 2 on top of 2. the reader will not know whether to read up or to the left or right."

Panel stacking is having no clean gutters between panels, so they overlap instead.

@jamesreekie Cheers, fellas. Can you find a visual example of it for me?

...they can and should be broken if they help to tell the story and evolve the medium.

Yeah, I think you can tell the reading order perfectly in that strip so it isn't a problem. Likewise with the bit in Costume.

The key is moderation I think. I also don't like hearing you should never break the panel border.

With anything like that, though, it is about doing it very few times - so that it has the maximum impact.

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I've heard comic book artists on here say that an amateur mistake is to use techniques like 'panel stacking'. What does that mean?

"four panels should never be stacked 2 on top of 2. the reader will not know whether to read up or to the left or right."

Panel stacking is having no clean gutters between panels, so they overlap instead.

@jamesreekie Cheers, fellas. Can you find a visual example of it for me?

...they can and should be broken if they help to tell the story and evolve the medium.

Yeah, I think you can tell the reading order perfectly in that strip so it isn't a problem. Likewise with the bit in Costume.

The key is moderation I think. I also don't like hearing you should *never* break the panel border.

With anything like that, though, it is about doing it very few times - so that it has the maximum impact.

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The key is moderation I think. I also don't like hearing you should never break the panel border.