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The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman

Graphic Novel Analysis

Directions: The ultimate objective of this assignment is for you to become familiar with relevant
aspects of craft, in addition to helping you develop an emerging understanding of how these elements
generate meaning for the reader. Therefore, with your team, review the elements of graphic novels
and label each aspect of relevant craft throughout the four pages of comic strips. If you can, also
utilize comments to analyze how the craft helps increase your understanding of the scene or has an
intended effect on you as a reader.

Graphic Novel Elements of Focus:


Panels
Gutters
Closure
Icons (and degrees of representation)
Splash
Bleed
Captions or Voice Over (location, size, etc.)
Speech Bubbles (keep in mind that outline of bubble is important!)
Thought Bubbles
Emanata
Graphic Weight
Time
Panel Depth (Foreground, Midground, Background)
The SIX Types of Transitions:
● Moment to Moment
● Action to Action
● Subject to Subject
● Scene to Scene
● Aspect to Aspect
● Non-Sequitur

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