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Just over a year ago, while discussing what makes a comic, and in, particular the occasional requirement to distill a story into just the most essential elements; Scott McCloud’s 2006 graphic novel Making Comics<\/em> came up. Specifically chapter one: writing with pictures. Also, chapter three: blood in the gutter of his ground breaking book on the subject Understanding Comics<\/em> was discussed. In both cases the general idea being examined has to do with how many comic panels would be needed to convey a given story. Conversely, one could ask what’s the minimum amount of panels can one use to tell a story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a question a asked the author of those books directly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A look at the late nite tweet reveals the nature of the conversation and spirit of the initial tweet. A reply was not expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even more surprising were the replies . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conversation continued . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m reminded of Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s grad school project where he tried to graph story shapes. https:\/\/t.co\/idEFCZoyMr<\/a><\/p>\u2014 chancerubbage (@chancerubbage) October 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>