STAGE 1 OF 6
Thumbnails
Where the storytelling is decided, at stamp size. This stage fixes the page’s structure — entry point, beat count, hierarchy. Everything drawn afterwards is execution.
Lead piece
The page is decided at stamp size
Thumbnails are drawn small on purpose: at two inches across you can only make the decisions that matter — where the eye enters, how many beats the page holds, which panel is biggest. Everything drawn later is execution.
Read the piece →All in Thumbnails4 pieces, filed in working order
- P.01The page is decided at stamp sizeThumbnails are drawn small on purpose: at two inches across you can only make the decisions that matter — where the eye enters, how many beats the page holds, which panel is biggest. Everything drawn later is execution.
- P.02Beats per pageHow many things can happen before the reader turns. The count that governs pacing.
- P.03The turnWhat sits on the right-hand page, and why the surprise goes overleaf.
- P.04Reading order is a diagramBefore it is a drawing, the page is an arrow. Where it goes wrong.