Annotated Comic Page Assignment #1
panel
gutter
This page
represents a good
example of
flow in graphic
novel storytelling
because the
reader can easily
follow the events
of the page in
the suggested
speech balloon
subject-tosubject
SFX
(sound effects)
action-toaction
The assignment is to annotate one comic book page, labelling the page with the appropriate
terms used for graphic novel codes and conventions. Find a page that includes:
(i) three graphic novel terms (in the green boxes)
(ii) two conventions for graphic novel storytelling (in the yellow boxes)
(iii) a good example of one of the essentail features of good graphic novel storytelling (flow,
choice of word, choice of moment, choice of image, or choice of frame)
