Poetry and Comics #13

POETRY AND

COMICS

#13

Feb 2015

Poets, writers and artists met to exchange words and pictures in

collaborative collage, with a specific focus on the intersection between

poetry and comics.

Feb 2015©

Lashara van Heerden @Lasharavh Kirsten Irving @KofTheTriffidsHarry Man @HarryManTweets

Lorraine Mariner @lorrainemariner Richard Scott @the_opera_hour

Chrissy Williams @chrissywilliams

http://poetryandcomics.tumblr.com

economy of line is paramount-

each panel and page must be carefully constructed-

consider how much will fit on the page-

choose whether to prioritise ideas or form-

comics are generally at their best when the words do not repeat the effects of the art and vice versa

-juxtaposition is an important tool

-the reading process is one of interpretation

rather than perception-

the reader is inextricable from the art-

what happens off the page is as important as what happens on it

-all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order