Communication
Last time I was talking about the way gravity works in cartoons, but another thing that is fascinating is the 'speech baloon'. How did that get started? It's so much a part of our symbol language and a universal device, that everyone knows what it means to have a wee balloon with a pointy bit aiming at someone's mouth. If it looks like a cloud the subject is thinking, not talking. Jagged lines are often from tannoys or radios. And so on. Sorry I am just aimlessly rambling on now. I started by saying everyone knows this and went on to tell it anyway, like 'and here is a woman that needs no introduction...' followed by five minutes of drivel. Here's a cartoon, hope you like it.
6 comments:
hahah...so funny! Great work!
great idea, here... and well done!
very nice. It's an old joke, but you made it quite fresh. The 'hooters' balloon works, but I think the other 'top shelf' balloons could use work. 'whee woooo' doesn't make much sense; perhaps 'day-yum' or some-such would have worked better.
I do think the little register display of 'retorts' is absolute genius.
Well arkonbey- I agreed with you so I made some changes. In my defense, I had paying work to do and threw that together as I ran out the door. But if a job's worth doing... (that would make a good speech balloon). As for it being an old joke, I'll take your word for it, I've never seen it before. But thank you for going to the trouble to give me your thoughts.
great concept. I really like the style too.
good point
maybe on my next comic i'll consider thinking outside the box
pun!
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