Name: Udbhav Jain

Guide: Prof. Nina Sabnani

Course: Animation and Film Making

Indian Superhero Comic Analysis

Following categories were decided upon to be analysed for three chronologically selected comics:

• Panel Transitions: Refers to the movement from one panel to another.

• Word-Image Relationship: It to how the text and image in a panel are complimenting each other and eventually affecting the meaning of the imagery.

• Panel Flow and composition: According to Eisner Panel flow in a comic is how the story moves or flows directionally from panel to panel and how it affects the pacing. The composition in a comic is the arrangement of panels in a page.

• Pacing/Timing: Pacing in a comic book can be shown by various techniques, such as showing wider panels to show a stretch or pause of time or showing small panels with little gutter space to show rapid movements.

• Color: The study of colour in context of these of Indian comic books was to study the colour palette and to note if there is any pattern whatsoever. Also to see if these colours add any emotional depth to the comic.

• Front Cover: The study of front covers in Raj Comics was to see the transition in visual appearance that the front covers went through the years in respect to the structure of the books and how they were related to the content of the book. This also included the usage of titles of the comic and how relevant and/or informative they were in context of the story.

• Splash Panels: Splash Pages, as defined by Eisner serves as an introduction to the comic as a whole. It is a launching pad for the narrative and establishes a frame of reference. It grabs the reader’s attention and prepares him for the content that is to follow setting a ‘climate’. Accordingly splash pages are included before the first page.