Comic Terminology

What is number 2 called?

• page

• panel

• speech balloon

• narration box

What is number 1 called?

• page

• panel

• speech balloon

• narration box

What is number 3 called?

• page

• panel

• speech balloon

• narration box

What is number 4 called?

• page

• panel

• gutter

• narration box

What is number 5 called?

• thought balloon

• speech balloon

• gutter

• narration box

What is number 6 called?

• thought balloon

• speech balloon

• gutter

• narration box

This is where dialogue is written.

• speech balloon

• panel

• gutter

• thought balloon

This is where the reader must infer what is happening between the panels.

It is where closure happens.

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This place shows what the character is thinking.

• onomatopoeia

• speech balloon

• narration box

• thought balloon