Comic Layouts/Joining Grids

The content of each panel for a comic is of course dictated by the story and so the illustration/design does not always fit inside such strict divisions of a grid.

The story will often call for larger panels for important events, actions scenes, panoramas and other moments where the required composition simply won't fit into the available shape. By joining two or more panels together, larger panels can be accommodated without breaking the overall grid patter,

Nine panel grids allow a large number of potential page layouts and panel sizes.

(Grid layout out made in Indesign and taken over to photoshop to play around with.)

With this, I'll be able to change my November comic to fit with this layout. This is because the 6 panel layout for the competition piece worked well on it's own, yet it wouldn't together with the other pages.