Arts & Culture
The Narrative Power of Graphic Novels
Quick fact
In a graphic novel, the space between panels—the 'gutter'—is where the reader's imagination actively creates the story, a process called closure that makes reading a graphic novel a uniquely participatory experience.
Why this is interesting
We often think of novels as words on a page, and comics as simple entertainment. But what if the combination of images and text could tell a story with a depth and emotional impact that neither could achieve alone?