The Groundbreaking Nature of GHOST IN THE SHELL’s Page Layouts

One of the greatest assets that comic books and graphic storytelling have is their ability to transmit the maximum amount of information per page that most forms of literature can.  The classic manga GHOST IN THE SHELL is an example of this sort of information transmission optimumization that exemplifies great comic book storytelling.

In Defense Of The Traditional Comic Strip

There’s a lot to be said for traditional comic strips with three-to-four panel horizontal layouts. 

 New technologies and new art styles, not to mention a growing feeling amongst the cartooning world has lead to some incredibly groundbreaking work that pushes the limits of comic storytelling.  And not just in the comic book format, but also in the individual strip format as well.  And yet there’s something to be said for traditional types of strips that manage to wrap up a joke and or a plot point in four small panels.