4.3 Strategy 2: Designing Comic Book Panels –

A. Comic Book Strategy 2: Designing Panels

The next strategy we are going to learn about is designing comic book panels. Comic book panels are the boxes on a comic book page. Comic book writers use panels to tell a story.

B. Explore Comic Book Panels

How are comics different than other books? One way they are different is that they use panels with pictures to tell a story. Explore the comic strip panels below to start thinking about the comic book panels you will create.

Panel Options

Image Options

Comic book writers make some images close up so you can see faces. Sometimes they make images farther away so you can see the whole scene. Find out why so you can use these tricks in your comic book.

C. Practice

Strategy Finder: Include any quick sketches of panel ideas that you want to remember in the comic book section of your Mission Log section.

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