Comic Dyslexia?

>>93550060
Which comic was it?

>>93550060
I had the similar problem minus head and eys hurting when I tried my first comic. Granted it was at the age of six but I think it IS a universal thing for the first timers.

>>93550099
Watchmen

>>93550060
Don't worry, it actually takes a little bit of getting used to. Especially some of the more crazy panelling in some comics. When I first started I had a nasty habit of jumping ahead in the page to read word balloons, or just getting them out of order (I still find I do it on some crappy 90s lettering).

Just slow down a bit and you'll catch on

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Tell me about it!

>>93550060
>>93550118
Watchmen, both in form and subject, is meant for people familiar with superhero comics.

If you want to learn how to read comics, start with some kids' books or stuff that doesn't rely heavily on panel composition, like Prince Valiant.

>>93550060
Try reading compilations of news strips, like Calvin & Hobbes. This will get you familiar enough to move into other stuff.

>>93550148
kek, what's that from?

>>93550060
My friend has this problem. I think you're just not used to them. Some comics also have really confusing layouts made by hacks

Easiest way to think about it is that every page should have a flow to it. It's usually defined by text bubbles, and those are usually layered on a page likenin Photoshop, the oldest stuff (therefor the first stuff to read) is closest to the top left and is the furthest back, other bubbles would overlap this first bubble.
Tl;dr read some weeklies or recent trades to git gud

>>93550148
Still better than Dresden Codak

>>93550246
That's because Dresden Codak is garbage made by someone that doesn't know the first thing about paneling. That, on the other hand, is made by one of the greatest comic artists to ever live.

>>93550214

A classic JH Williams III full spreader from Promethea.

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>>93550118
I can't imagine having trouble with such a simple grid. Can you read Peanuts or is anything more complicated than Family Circus a struggle?

>plot twist: OP is a weeb who grew up reading manga and keeps trying to read western comics backwards

>>93552305
I read a decent mix of both and I still have that problem sometimes if a comic is in black and white. Or if manga is colored.

>>93552305
my brain gets really confused sometimes when I try to read either and sometimes I try reading them backwards or second-guessing myself and starting over from the other direction, sometimes multiple times a page

>>93550060
it was probably a bad comic-
>>93550118
c'mon son

>>93550060
What the others said. Also, how much attention do you pay to the art? I've seen some newbies try to read comics like books, i.e. only read the speech bubbles without processing the art (body language of the characters, setting changes, panel size, color clues if applicable, etc).

>>93552541
This used to happen to me when I was a noob. I also didn't know how to read thought boxes.

Crazy how easy it is for me to read comics now.

Should a person read Understanding Comics to become a better comic reader?

>>93552993
Understanding Comics is pretty good, I'd recommend it, but it's not a bible. Think for yourself. Not a bad place to start, however.

>>93552993
It's more for the mechanics used by creators and defining abstract concepts, but it can't hurt.

Like how a Writing 101 textbook won't make reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar easier, but it will help you identify how repetition is used in the book to make the subversion towards the end surprising.

>>93552993
You will immediately start to hate half the comics you try to read.

>>93553465
what if I already do?

>>93553583
You may change your mind, or you may understand why you hate them
or maybe you're just an idiot asshole