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Speech Bubbles In comics, characters speak through text that appears in speech bubbles, or speech balloons. Each bubble has a tail, or pointer. The tail points to the character that is speaking. The Different Parts of a Speech Bubble Bubbles consist of three elements: The bubble itself, which surrounds the text. The text. The tail, which points to who is speaking. Placing Your Bubbles Properly Bubbles are placed on a page in a precise order. We always start by reading the bubble that is highest in the frame, then the next one down, and so on. When two or more frames are next to each other, we read them from left to right. [Learn to Structure a Frame] [Learn to Structure a Page]
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SpeechBubblesIncomics,charactersspeakthroughtextthatappearsinspeechbubbles,orspeechballoons.Eachbubblehasatail,orpointer.Thetailpointstothecharacterthatisspeaking.

TheDifferentPartsofaSpeechBubble

Bubblesconsistofthreeelements:

● Thebubbleitself,whichsurroundsthetext.● Thetext.● Thetail,whichpointstowhoisspeaking.

PlacingYourBubblesProperly

Bubblesareplacedonapageinapreciseorder.Wealwaysstartbyreadingthebubblethatishighestintheframe,thenthenextonedown,andsoon.Whentwoormoreframesarenexttoeachother,wereadthemfromlefttoright.

[LearntoStructureaFrame]

[LearntoStructureaPage]

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Tails

Thetipofthetailpointstothecharacterwhoisspeaking.Inthefirstexamplebelow,thetailispointingtotheboy,meaningthatheistheonespeaking.Whenabubblehasmorethanonetail,itmeansthattwoormorepeoplearesayingthesamethingatthesametime.

Thetailshouldalwaysbepointingattheperson’sfaceormouth.Ifthetailispointingatthecharacter’sstomach,readersmightthinkthecharacterisaventriloquist.

TextSize

Speechbubblesshouldbelargeenoughforthetextinsidethemtobelegible.Ideally,allofthetextsinyourstoryshouldbethesamesize,font(typeface,ortypeofletter),face(boldorlight)andcase(i.e.capitallettersorlowercase).

Textthatissmallerthantherestwillgivetheimpressionthatthecharacterisspeakingquietly;larger,thattheyarespeakingloudly.

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Puttingallthetextinaspeechbubbleincapitalletters,ormakingitbold,willreinforcethateffect.Ifyouhavelarge,boldcapitalletters,itmeansthecharacterisshoutingatthetopoftheirlungs.

Anotherwaytoshowthatacharacteriswhisperingistouseaspeechbubbledrawnwithadottedline.

Youcanindicatebubbles’relativeimportancebyoverlappingthem.Thetextofthelowerbubbleisconsideredlessimportantthantheoneontop.

DifferentTypesofBubbles

Bubblesdrawnwithdottedlinesmeanthatthecharacterisspeakingquietly.Otherkindsofbubbleshaveotheruses.

Ifthetailismadeupofsmallerbubbles,thatmeansthatthecharacteristhinkingratherthanspeaking.

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Rectangularspeechbubblesusuallymeanthatthesoundisdifferentfromtherest.Theyaretraditionallyusedformechanical-soundingvoices:avoicecomingoutofatelephone,oracomputerorroboticvoice.

StackedBubbles

Toillustrateadialogue,youcanstackmorethanonebubbletogetherwithasingletailtoshowthattheyarebeingspokenbythesamecharacter.

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WithBDnF,youcanmakestackedbubbles.Youcanstackasmanybubblesasyouwant,aslongasthereisenoughroomintheframe.Don’tforgettofollowreadingorderandtoalignthemneatly.

Captions

Sometextgoesinsideframeswithintheframe,calledcaptions.

Thekindofcaptionthatexplainswhereand/orwhentheactionistakingplaceisusuallyplacedatornearthetopoftheframe.Itisoftenusedtoindicateachangeoftimeorplace.

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Othercaptionsaremorenarrative.Theyareusedtocommentonthehero’sactions.


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