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In response to "I've started reading Watchmen. I have never read any comics so I'm looking to find out if there is a certain way" by Gwaahjo

You've got the basic gist of it, but watch out for tricky panel arrangements.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka reluctantcynic) Nov 26 '08, 16:18

Sometimes, an artist will use a "full spread" panel across both pages of the book to give a more panoramic sense of the action going on. I don't remember any particular occasions in Watchmen specifically, though. And a good artist/writer team will make sure that it is patently obvious when they depart from the standard left-to-right, top-to-bottom reading format.

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thanks :) -- nm - Gwaahjo Nov 26, 16:51
And if you've somehow picked up a manga version, you read it completely in reverse. -- nm - Qale Nov 26, 16:34 1
- I thought about that, but didn't want to confuse the poor boy on his first day reading comics. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 16:40

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You've got the basic gist of it, but watch out for tricky panel arrangements.

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