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Delve into the intricate relationship between time and space in comics with Scott McCloud's insights. Discover how panels convey the passage of time spatially, challenging readers to perceive time uniquely. Try your hand at illustrating temporal narratives using panels and stick figures.
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McCloud Ch. 4 Time Frames
Slowing it down… • When it comes to the movement of time inside comics, McCloud notes that it “is infinitely weirder” than simply slowing down or freezing time (94). • Panels can themselves be open to and involved in the movement of time, example:
Strange Relationship • This “strange relationship” exists, as McCloud notes, “between time as depicted in comics and time as perceived by the reader” (99). • In learning to read comics, the audience or reader is in fact asked to “perceive time spatially, for in the world of comics, time and space are one and the same” (100). • In other words, time passes as not only as we move left to right, up and down panel by panel, but it can pass even as we simply move left to righteven within a panel as noted in the example above that McCloud deconstructed.
Practice • So, let’s play with time. • Take a fresh peace of paper. • Tell a small story of time passing (use stick figures). • Practice using images in panels to demonstrate the passage of time.
