Graphic Novels have been this weekend’s theme. I’m writing an article about them and putting the finishing touches to the latest Max Finder Mystery. So, I was happy when I came upon an interesting post in Prentiss Riddle’s blog that captured how my long-suffering illustrator must feel about me sometimes (okay all the time.)
It’s a copy of the great Wally Wood’s classic guide to illustrators: “22 Panels That Always Work”.
Comic strip writers who don’t draw (ie me) love words in a medium where images rule. So, often we make illustrators want to throw out their pencils in frustration. For those moments, Wood offers his famous 22 Panels, which he explains as:
“Some interesting ways to get some variety into those boring panels where some dumb writer has a bunch of lame characters sitting around and talking for page after page.”
Yep, that’s sounds like me.
