Brian Flies, the author of “Mom’s Cancer” and “Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow” speaks about the combination of words and pictures/drawings that together creates a comic book. He believes that neither fully tells the story without the other.
In comics, we often see words and images together, allowing us to better understand the plot of the story. Words and images may be balanced or they may have different statuses. For example, pictures could tell as much as words say, but sometimes pictures give more information to the reader while at other times, words may make more sense to viewers. The above image is a page from Brian Flies’s comic book, “Mom’s Cancer.” Without the boxes of words to give explanation, we would not know what it going on. Without the image, the words may not produce the same effect as it would when combined together with the image.
This is also so in a design setting. Sometimes we are able to get the full view just by looking at the design itself. But other times, without the explanation from its designer, we may have a hard time interpreting what the message is. This not only goes for comics, but also the designs in society. If the message isn't effectively portrayed, then the work may lose a great deal of its appeal because the message becomes lost.
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