AHIS 430 – Glossary

Icon: an graphic representation of a person, place, thing, idea, etc

example: an icon of a person on a wheelchair is often painted on parking stalls to communicate that it is reserved for disabled individuals

Gutter: the space in-between comic panels


Bleeding Panel: When a panel runs off the end of the page

the panel on the right is an example of a panel bleeding off the page

Closure: inspecting part of the image, while still observing the whole picture


Panels/Frames: shapes that contain the images, that act as an indicator of how the time is being divided

Example of a page of panels/frames

Streaking: photographic horizontal lines that suggest that the person/object is moving


Comic: sequentially ordered words and images that conveys information/a story


Movement-to-movement transition: panels show basic movements happening in sequential order


Action-to-action transition: panels show a single subject going through specific movement in a sequential order


Subject-to-subject transition: panels show one scene/idea and show different perspectives/point of views


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