I was watching a video about comics and it mentioned how “The Watchmen” used a standard nine-panel layout. I had never really thought about what was standard or not. Then again, I never read a ton of comics.
In any case, after hearing that, when I picked up my pencil to draw, I decided to do nine panels of something. Of course, I didn’t know what I was going to draw, but the first thing that came to my mind was “Nine Reactions.”
Now, there are standards in comics and cartooning as well; specifically six standard emotions. They’re easily remembered with the acronym “SADFiSH”:
- S = Sad
- A = Angry
- D = Disgusted
- F = Fearful
- S = Surprised
- H = Happy
The “i” is just there to make the acronym work.
Of course, I didn’t use these six, per se, since there were nine, but they’re in there regardless.
Hear it!
Jason Salas 