Thanks! I grew up with the European tradition of comics, so I plunged myself into the long narrative where the larger page gives a higher degree of freedom when it comes to strange page-composition.
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Thanks! I grew up with the European tradition of comics, so I plunged myself into the long narrative where the larger page gives a higher degree of freedom when it comes to strange page-composition.
Its awesome - I don't know much about European comic tradition - I will have to do more research - if you have some good articles or resources that would give me a high level or even deep level understanding of the tradition or style as a whole, please do. I want to learn more about it!
Very simplified I think you can say that European comics started to differ from the American before WWII. The serials was collected in the 46 page album in A4 paper size, while American comic stayed in newspaper or small magazine sizes. It was the Belgian Tintin and Spirou that was leading in this development and it made the European comic more like a novel while the American kept being serialised short stories.
The comic I am making is on page 35, and I intend to use the summer to plan the last 11 pages so it can make a traditional album - The story does not end there so it will be like the first act or a chapter which was also common later. Some of the Tintin albums was connected - The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure for example.
Later comics was considered art in France and that gave rise to some fantastic experiments that really influenced both the American and the Japanese comic scene. But at that time the American underground-comic was also sending influence back. My comic is very inspired by some of the American artists as you will see ... :)