CTID: TALKING HEADS

”One thing that many comic readers don’t like and most comic artists try to avoid is so-called ’talking heads’ comic.” //
”It means a comic in which in almost every panel there is a ’talking head’ explaining something.” //
”Mostly you end up with this when the comic maker has something important they want to say, not so much if they have a story to tell.”
”The problem with the ’talking head’ is that it get quickly boring as nothing happens and mostly the backgrounds aren’t that interesting, either. In shorter form, such as in Fok_it, the ’talking head may work.” //
”The ’talking head’ phenomenon easily happens also if you have two people discussing something.” ”Indeed. Conversations work without problems in books but not so easily in comics or movies.” //
In Tex Willer the characters mostly discuss by campfires where making coffee brings something visually interesting the the panels! //
”Comic artists easily fall for ’talking heads’ because they’re so easy to draw.” //
”So it’s a good idea to draw the character doing something while they’re explaining stuff. It’s more work when drawing but the end result is usually much better!”