Class Exercise 3

This lecture, we analysed Luke Pearson's Some People.

This is a fairly interesting comic which I had to read a few times to understand. Luke used a handful of techniques to help him narrate the story. 

For example, his smart use of gradient to indicate a change in age. It is easy for the reader to identify that they are of the same person despite looking different in every panel. His use of colors also helped him illustrate the character's change in personality. Yellow being a "cooler" color than red indicates the subsequent change in personality. 

Luke also uses a variety of elements like a black background which I assume that it indicates a panel whereby judgments are being made, be it being judged, or judging others. However, this is just an assumption because I am still unsure of what the black background would mean. I would really wish someone would give me a convincing explanation. 

Luke used two types of text box to narrate his story. The cloudy text box indicates a thought while the solid box indicates a speech being made at the moment. This is a standard protocol in which most comic artistes adhere to and readers are accustomed to this way of interpreting. 

The long panels, I assume would serve to illustrate the loneliness that the man feels as he walks on the road. As if walking to infinity. And of course, to show the mother and child avoiding him.

This is a brilliant way of portraying the life course of this woman. One can clearly see the evolution process that the girl underwent, one of the attractiveness of comics is that we can see both the history, present and future, this panel allows an easier browsing through the girl's aging process. This is a good way to save space and time.