What does /co/ think about the use of paneling in comics? Do

As long as they enhance the storytelling, and it's not done as just a gimmick.

>>85181495
Bit of this, bit of that.
Sometimes I like complex and creative paneling, sometimes I prefer art that just gets the point across

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I like simple panel things like this, where a character is slightly out of panel.

Yours is pants on head, though

>>85181600
Judging the paneling of a page, without the full context of a story, it's like judging the editing of a Guy Ritchie movie, completely out of context.
You don't panel, say, a guy buying groceries, and another having an acid trip, in the same way.

>>85181495
Depends entirely on the story and the artist's abilities.

Rocafort for example is absolutely fucking horrible at paneling and his comics would be significantly better if he just used a more traditional and simple paneling layout.

>>85181655
Yeah, no, I get what's going on, but I don't care for it.

>>85181495
Done well complex panelling can really add to the book, like in Wonder Woman:Earth One, and show concepts without using words that would interrupt the flow, like in the OP page.

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Big fan of Frank Santoro's writing on grids and layouts. Love a good grid.

>>85181914

so....the focus of each panel is in the circles/triangles?

>>85181950
http://www.tcj.com/layout-workbook-5/

>>85182001
What in god's fucking name am i reading?
Is there some retard's spoonfeeding version of this because i feel like im fucking reading time cube again.

Without good paneling, it might as well be a picture book instead of a comic. Layouts are potentially the most important part of making a good comic. The layout dictates how the action and plot move forward

>>85182157
Personally I've acknowledged the fact that this shit will never make any sense to me.

>>85181914
That's beautiful.

I can't ever remember his name, but the guy that did Gates of Gotham and New 52 Klarion.

>>85182474
Trevor McCarthy

If you haven't extensively studied eisner, you dont get to post in this thread

>>85182381
To me its not that its nonsensical its that my stupid dyscalculic ass doesnt understand things through graphs and ratios.

From what i can... sorta... understand is that comics tend to focus in the centre of the page and everything has to be in proportion to the centre. I think. Maybe.

Then again i could be completely fucking wrong and its actually about how there is a hidden extra day from us and time works via cubes.

>>85181495
That really just depends on what the paneling is trying to convey, isn't it?
That's like asking what kind of cutting we prefer in movies.

>>85182725
The panels are arranged in such a way that your eyes follow the lines

Cerebus and We3 have great creative paneling.

>>85181495
either is fine, as long as its done well.

I do enjoy a good complex paneling, its something other mediums can't really do.

Pax Americana was best Multiversity issue