Talon, Durwin S. Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential
Art Storytelling. Raleigh, NC: TwoMorrows
Publishing, 2003. 208pp. ISBN 1-893905-14-4 (paper).
Publisher's
information on-line
Color Plates ... 3
Foreword [by
Scott Hampton] ... 10
Introduction
... 11
Chapter
One: Mike Carlin ... 16
- The Role of the Editor ... 17
- Plots and Scripts ... 19
- Graphic Devices and Metal Men ... 20
- Adventures of
Superman #453 ... 21
- The Return of Superman ... 23
- Getting Your Ideas Across ... 25
- Focus Panels: The Concept of a Story ... 26
Chapter
Two: Randy Stradley ... 28
- Writing/Editing Accomplishments ... 29
- On Editing ... 29
- On Writing ... 31
- Will to Power ... 32
- Words and Pictures ... 37
- Focus Panels: The Script ... 38
Chapter
Three: Mike Wieringo ... 40
- Marvel Method ... 41
- The Grid ... 42
- Roughs and Preplanning ... 43
- Spidey ... 45
- Tellos ... 48
- Focus Panels: Panel Grids ... 50
Chapter
Four: Mark Schultz ... 52
- Process ... 53
- Xenozoic
Tales #8 ... 55
- Xenozoic Tales
#13 .... 58
- The Role of the Storyteller ... 61
- Focus Panels: Line Dynamics ... 62
Chapter
Five: Dick Giordano ... 64
- Roughs ... 65
- Pencilling ... 67
- Inking ... 70
- The Storyteller's Job ... 73
- Focus Panels: Spotting Blacks ... 74
Chapter
Six: Mike Mignola ... 76
- Preplanning ... 77
- The Wolves of
St. August ... 79
- The Corpse
... 81
- Elements of Comic Book Design ... 84
- Focus Panels: Eye Movement Through Words ... 86
Chapter
Seven: Brian Steelfreeze ... 88
- Attitude Adjustment ... 89
- Style and Storytelling ... 90
- Leavetaking ... 91
- Desire ... 94
- Covers vs. Interiors ... 96
- The Power of Sequential Art ... 96
- Focus Panels: Eye Movement Through Acting ... 98
Chapter
Eight: Scott Hampton ... 100
- The Medium as Storytelling ... 101
- Rough ... 102
- Night Cries
... 103
- Destiny
... 106
- The Upturned
Stone ... 108
- Focus Panels: Pacing Through Detail ... 110
Chapter
Nine: David Mazzucchelli ... 112
- Daredevil
... 113
- Rates of
Exchange ... 117
- Mainstream vs. Alternative Comics ... 120
- Focus Panels: Lettering and Delivery ... 122
Chapter
Ten: Chris Moeller ... 124
- Preliminary Techniques ... 125
- Shadow
Empires: Faith Conquers ... 127
- Design vs. Painting ... 132
- Focus Panels: Word Balloons and Style ... 134
Chapter
Eleven: Walter Simonson ... 136
- The Mighty
Thor #380 ... 137
- Manhunter:
The Final Chapter ... 140
- Orion
#22 and 23 ... 142
- Thinking a Problem Through ... 144
- Focus Panels: The POWer of Sound Effects ... 146
Chapter
Twelve: George Pratt ... 148
- Research and Preplanning ... 149
- Enemy Ace
... 151
- Comics and Beyond ... 157
- Focus Panels: Storytelling in the Digital Age
... 158
Chapter
Thirteen: John Van Fleet ... 160
- Roughs/Preplanning ... 161
- Style ... 162
- Shadows Fall
... 164
- The X-Files
... 167
- Telling Stories From End to End ... 169
- Focus Panels: Storytelling Through Color ... 170
Chapter
Fourteen: Mark Chiarello ... 172
- Colors ... 173
- Roughs Process ... 174
- Batman/Houdini:
The Devil's Workshop ... 174
- A Piece of
Wood ... 178
- Style & Design in Comics ... 180
- Focus Panels: Creating Focus With Color ... 182
Chapter
Fifteen: Will Eisner ... 184
- Development ... 185
- Process ... 185
- Graphic Devices and Word Balloons ... 189
- Life on
Another Planet ... 190
- Editors ... 192
- The Future of Sequential Art ... 193
- Focus Panels: Vision is the Medium ... 194
Appendixes
Afterword
... 196
Glossary of
Terms ... 198
Faming Heights
... 203
Suggested
Readings ... 204