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Graphic Novel Glossary |
| Page: | A Collection of Panels on one sheet of paper.
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| Panel: | Each divided section of a page containing it's own image and/or text.
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| Gutter: | The (usually white) space that divides the panels on a page.
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| Speech Bubble: | Dialogue spoken by a character that is typically drawn to appear as though it is coming from that person.
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| Thoughts/feelings from a character, usually appearing as either a cloud or square colored box.
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| Writer: | The person who writes the script, dialogue, and does some of the layout work on a comic book/graphic novel. |
| Penciller: | The person who drafts out the images on each page, usually in pencil. The finished project is essentially line drawings. |
| Inker: | The person who goes over the penciller's drawings in ink, adding shading and depth, and correcting any mistakes made by the penciller. |
| Colorist: | The person who goes in and paints the Inker's final product, adding colors and additional shading/depth where necessary. |
| Letterer: | The person who adds in text bubbles, thought bubbles, and anything that is overlaid on the original artwork. They also write the text in the overlaid boxes. |
