Aug 19, 2008

Understanding Comics

In case you didn't know comics were supposed to be read from left to right, this cartoon has handy arrows for its three panels.



Robert Unell
Kansas City Star
Aug 19, 2008
One thing really isn't clear: Why does "Beijing 2008" simply disappear in the second panel? Who took it? What happened in between those panels?!

4 Comments:

Blogger Matthew Gallant said...

"In case you didn't know comics were supposed to be read from right to left"

Do you mean left to right?

Still, clever observation :P

12:06 AM  
Blogger Matt Bors said...

Damn, you're fast. I just caught that after posting.

I originally wrote something about authentic Manga reprints being read right to left and didn't change the setup. I'm almost as dumb as this guy.

12:15 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This guy is one of the worst I've seen yet. Just what the hell is this even supposed to mean?

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/54795/

4:18 AM  
Blogger warren said...

The arrows aren't there because the cartoonist is stupid, I suspect; he just has a very good grasp of the intelligence of anyone who would laugh at his "humor".

As a corollary, the "Beijing 2008" was clearly removed for his fans' benefit, as it contains far too many syllables and numbers for them to manage.

5:00 PM  

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