The document summarizes some key techniques used in graphic novels and children's books. It discusses how "Before Watchmen" uses thought boxes instead of thought bubbles to convey characters' thoughts. It also notes the use of speech bubbles pointing outside the page to indicate a character is speaking. Additionally, it explains that children's books often use thick cardstock pages of varying sizes, simple and bold images on a plain white background, making the content easier for children to understand visually.

1. Graphic Novels

2. Instead of using thought bubbles, “Before Watchmen”
uses solid boxes to put across the character’s
thoughts.
The image at the top does not have a border, and the
image fades in to the brown background making it
slowly disappear.
It also uses speech bubbles which point out of the page,
giving off the impression that the character outside
the image is speaking.
They use images to make it look like the characters
looking through an object, in this case, a telescope
and a microscope.
A final thing they do is use the thought boxes as a
consistent theme, making it seem like we are
hearing his thoughts through a journal from the
start of the page all the way to the end.

3. Speech Bubbles are
used to give the impression that a
character is speaking. They are filled
With text and has the tail pointed to
the character who is speaking.

4. Children's Novels

5. AL
All of the pages are made out of thick card, All of the pages are different sizes
making it easier to turn for the child. Making it visually striking and fun for
The images are all the child.
on a white background to make
the images stand out from the background.
The book also uses images which are very simple. They only use bold or bright colours to make
them stand out from the plain white background. This means the child will not have to work
too hard to work the image out, and is also aesthetically pleasing for the child.

6. Chosen Fairy Tale:
The Fountain Of Youth
An old couple lived in the mountains. The man cut
wood, and the woman wove, every day. One day,
the man found a spring and drank from it. He
became a young man. Delighted, he ran home. His
wife said a young man needed a young wife, so she
would go and drink, but they should not both be
away, so he should wait. He did wait, but when she
did not come back, he went after her. He found a
baby by the spring; his wife had drunk too eagerly.
Saddened, he carried her back.