Graphic conventions in Persepolis

What is a panel?

• a particular drawing with a border, large or small

• any row of tiers

• the edge of the page

• when the art runs over the edge of the page

What is a tier?

• Any row of panels

• when the art is allowed to run to the edge of the page

• a full-page drawing

• the white space separating panels from each other

Bleed

• when the art runs to the edge of the page instead of stopping at the border

• a full page drawing in a comic book

• the white space separating panels

• the words of a character speaking

splash page

• a full page drawing in a comic book

• the white space separating panels

• the words of a character speaking

• any row of panels

Emanata

• graphic signs used to relate an idea that can't easily be put into words

• any image used to represent an idea

• the words of a particular character speaking

• any row of panels

Captions

• usually the narrator's voice--says what's going on in the story

• the way some images draw attention more than others

• sign language for deaf people

• icons used to denote sounds

symbol

• something that represents an idea

• a comparison using like or as

• the repetition of vowel sounds

• the repetition of a letter at the start of words

Metaphor

• a comparison that's not literal: my dad is a monster

• a literal description: my dad is an engineer

• Repeating letters at the start of words: a dandy yet desultory daddy

• a comparison using like or as: my dad is as rich as a pauper