The Register

The complete collation — all 27 pieces, filed in the order the work happens: filed in the order the work happens. each entry says what that stage decides and what it makes impossible to change afterwards.

Stage 1 · ThumbnailsWhere the storytelling is decided, at stamp size.Section page →

01/27The page is decided at stamp sizeLong read 02/27Beats per pageNote 03/27The turnNote 04/27Reading order is a diagramNote

Stage 2 · The GridPanels, gutters, and the reader's clock.Section page →

05/27The gutter is timeFeature 06/27A fixed grid is freedomNote 07/27Breaking the frameNote 08/27The splashNote 09/27Panel shape and durationNote

Stage 3 · The LineBrush against pen, and what a varying weight buys.Section page →

10/27Brush against penFeature 11/27Line weight as depthNote 12/27Spotting blacksNote 13/27FeatheringNote 14/27Non-photo blueNote

Stage 4 · ToneGrey without ink — mechanical, hand-cut, halftone.Section page →

15/27Grey without inkFeature 16/27MoiréNote 17/27Cutting and burnishingNote 18/27HalftoneNote

Stage 5 · LetteringThe last structural decision on the page.Section page →

19/27Where the tail pointsFeature 20/27Balloon placement is compositionNote 21/27Leaving roomNote 22/27Caps, and the crossbar INote 23/27Sound as drawingNote

Stage 6 · The SignatureImposition, and the page you cannot move.Section page →

24/27ImpositionFeature 25/27The sixteen-page unitNote 26/27Bleed and the safe areaNote 27/27The gutter of the spineNote