Responsibility
on March 19, 2018
at 1:01 pm
Characters: Richard Praglin, Stephanie Douglas
Location: Sagebrush High School
Was anyone else wondering what happened to Principal Praglin in the main stage explosion? I sure was…
(Another Ali Cooney-Uribe assist with the colors on today’s strip!)
Hey PJ,
I really love Utopia: Foundation, and I think you’re awesome at your storytelling and lettering. You’re also usually good with your speech bubble layout.
But, I’m not sure the way you laid out the second panel in this one is really the best way? I’m used to reading horizontally, and if there’s two rows I’ve basically been trained track my eyes in a Z pattern. What you’ve got going on there is a kind of reverse N pattern, which doesn’t make sense in a language that reads from left to right (possibly unless the reader is used to the Cyrillic alphabet, but even then I don’t think there’s any natural reading pattern that follows the shape of И (the letter described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_(Cyrillic) )).
Anyway, I still love your comic, and I hope things are working out for you in your new abode!
Hey Kyle! Actually, if you’re reading it in a Z pattern, you are reading it as intended! http://www.theutopiancomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Z.jpg