I just love how a panel like this is something only visual storytelling (like manga and anime) can achieve: all that meaning convey through a single image with the bare minimum of words to anchor it. And I hadn't noticed the light until you mentioned it, but you're so right! So clever!
Right? It’s one of those panels you just have to linger over and take in fully. Nothing else like it in storytelling. I’ve lingered over well-written sentences but never like this.
And it was the light that made me have to write about it lol. The coup de grace!
This whole series is really art history -- formal analysis, etc. Very cool.
Thank you so much!
Yes, fond memories of my undergrad art history days, and the emphasis on HOW visual art expresses meaning as much as what it means.
Yes! Love that. Manga and comics that put such meaningful intent into the art… it’s really special.
I just love how a panel like this is something only visual storytelling (like manga and anime) can achieve: all that meaning convey through a single image with the bare minimum of words to anchor it. And I hadn't noticed the light until you mentioned it, but you're so right! So clever!
Right? It’s one of those panels you just have to linger over and take in fully. Nothing else like it in storytelling. I’ve lingered over well-written sentences but never like this.
And it was the light that made me have to write about it lol. The coup de grace!