Page 2 Elements of Graphic Stories

Putting Images Together








©from Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff. First Second Books 
Copyright 2013 by Tony Cliff. Reprinted by permission.


Panels are read in a way that makes sense. Smaller panels suggest action. Bigger panels take longer to read.

Pacing is how the eye moves from panel to panel.



Click here to see the full layout of the page from the graphic novel Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff, a Vancouver writer and illustrator.



You can read more of Tony Cliff's graphic novel on his website.  Click here to view. 



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