POETRY AND

COMICS

#4

January 2014

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

collaborative collage, with a specific focus on the intersection between

poetry and comics.

January 2014©

Amy, Chrissy, John, Lorraine, Ollie, Tom

Artists’ websites: www.tomhumberstone.com

http://poetryandcomics.tumblr.com

With additional texts by Emily Pfeiffer

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