time and space divided through frame

Well, before I forget my thought, I better blog about it.

So the frame dividing time makes total sense if you look at the timeless picture that we looked at for quite some time today. It doesn’t have a frame or only half a frame.

Why? because it is timeless, so something timeless can’t be divided, therefor no frame.

And going back to those pictures with the pause, the one without the frame was the one that worked best for me. The pause, or that clock ticking while he was thinking was most present in that picture.

And having said that now, a new thought comes to my mind. In none of the comics did he use a clock showing that time had passed. Why? Is it too much work for the reader to see if the hands have moved? Why does the fact that time has passed have to be shown implicitly instead of explicitly? Wouldn’t it be easiest to just draw a little clock in the corner? There was one single one that said “a month later” in the corner, why can’t they do that for all the ones that have a pause inbetween? Does the cartoonist need the chalenge of showing it differently through his drawing skills?

Way too many questions! I never thought a comic could make me ponder so much or even lead to so many questions.

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