Bill Watterson had to design his Sunday Calvin and Hobbes strips around different newpapers’ size and layout demands.
His solution was to have two or three panels that could be omitted and the rest of the panels could be rearranged to still form a rectangle.
The title splash is usually a 2/3rds rectangle with some fun art that adds to the strip but isn’t required for the flow – Hobbes pouncing from a coil, or Calvin walking in snowpants with the sound effects following him the full length.
These can set the stage but aren’t critical. I like to cover them up and feel out what the flow would have been in different papers.
Bill Watterson had to design his Sunday Calvin and Hobbes strips around different newpapers’ size and layout demands.
His solution was to have two or three panels that could be omitted and the rest of the panels could be rearranged to still form a rectangle.
The title splash is usually a 2/3rds rectangle with some fun art that adds to the strip but isn’t required for the flow – Hobbes pouncing from a coil, or Calvin walking in snowpants with the sound effects following him the full length.
These can set the stage but aren’t critical. I like to cover them up and feel out what the flow would have been in different papers.