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<p class="">Edison Rex 11 is available now on Comixology:</p>

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<p class="">This issue takes place in the Golden Age where we see Gladiator Gladstone in his prime and meet the first person to don the mantle of The Eclipse as well as his partner in justice: Mister Oni.</p>

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<span class="">So I've mainly seen Alan Moore throw around this method for figuring out how many words fit on a page or in a panel. He attributes it to Mort Weisenger, a former editor of DC Comics.</span>

Basically it breaks down like this. He proposes that you can comfortably fit 210 words on a comics page without it looking too text heavy. So if you have a six panel grid you've got 35 words per panel.

I think this is a great tool for writing comics where it's important to say as much as possible with as few words as possible as space is limited and the word/picture ration is important as far as being pleasing to the eye. Another way to put it: If it's too long for a tweet it's too long for a word balloon.

I keep a chart pinned up in my workspace that looks something like this:

1: 210

2: 105

3: 70

4: 52

5: 42

6: 35

7: 30

8: 26

9: 23

12: 17

16: 13

While I find this a useful writing reference for tightening up wordy dialogue, I also find it's a helpful reference for laying out collaborative comics pages.

<p class="">If I'm have trouble figuring out a tricky layout where there's a lot of dialogue I might do a quick word count to determine the panel size. Lots of words = bigger panels. Alternatively if I want more space for a visual I might do a word count for another panel to figure out how much space I can steal. So 52 words or so is a 1/4 page panel.13 words or so is a 1/16 page panel.</p>

I tend to stick to more traditional page layouts with clearly defined borders and gutters so YMMV.

Also I don't use this all the time because that just reduces everything to math which is boring but it's a good tool to have in the box when space is an issue.


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<p class="">I've added several new prints to my Big Cartel shop that I normally only sell at conventions.</p>

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<p class="">Also starting today and through the holiday weekend you can get free shipping on all prints and posters by entering the code: EXPLODE</p>
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I happy to announce that the tpb collecting the first six issues of Edison Rex is now out in all the best comic shops!

<div class="">Edison Rex is the smartest man in the world, a criminal genius, and the archnemesis of the world's greatest protector, Valiant. Having dedicated his life to defeating Valiant and proving once and for all that he is a menace to humanity and not a hero, what will Edison do once he finally succeeds? And with Valiant out of the way, who will be left to protect the Earth? This volume collects the first six issues of the Monkeybrain Comics digital series for the first time.
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<div class="">Written by Chris Roberson<div class="">Illustrated by Dennis Culver<div class="">Colors by Stephen Downer<div class="">Letters by John J Hill<div class="">
<div class="">Introduction by Kurt Busiek<div class="">
<div class="">Can't find it locally? Amazon has it too: www.amazon.com/Edison-Rex-Denn…
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