Spotlight on newspaper strip layout: Difference between revisions
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In the early years [[Phil Davis]] drew the daily strips on large Bristol board ''(22.5 x 28.5 inches - about 572 x 724 mm)'', where the art for one strip covered about 20.5 x 4.5 inches ''(520.7 x 114.3 mm)''. | In the early years [[Phil Davis]] drew the daily strips on large Bristol board ''(22.5 x 28.5 inches - about 572 x 724 mm)'', where the art for one strip covered about 20.5 x 4.5 inches ''(520.7 x 114.3 mm)''. | ||
The daily strip were printed in newspapers with 8 columns a page, and with the Mandrake strip spanning 6 columns. Newspapers were printed in different sizes and the columns therefore had different widths. But, if a column was about 1.83 inches wide the printed Mandrake strip was about 11 x 2.4 inches ''(280 x 61 mm)''. - roughly half of the original art by Phil Davis, and a bit larger than the width of a standard modern comic book ''(10 and 1/8 inches)''. Keeping the same aspect ratio as the original drawings | The daily strip were printed in newspapers with 8 columns a page, and with the Mandrake strip spanning 6 columns. Newspapers were printed in different sizes and the columns therefore had different widths. But, if a column was about 1.83 inches wide the printed Mandrake strip was about 11 x 2.4 inches ''(280 x 61 mm)''. - roughly half of the original art by Phil Davis, and a bit larger than the width of a standard modern comic book ''(10 and 1/8 inches)''. Keeping the same aspect ratio as the original drawings some newspapers printed the strips spanning 5 columns. | ||
In addition the strips were printed with the title<ref group="footnotes">MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN</ref> was typeset ''(in all upper case letters)'' and positioned to the right in the white space area above that strip, with the byline<ref group="footnotes">By LEE FALK and PHIL DAVIS</ref> on the right. An episode subtitle<ref group="footnotes">a small text related to the strip</ref> ''(in upper and lower case)'' was centered between the title and the byline. | In addition the strips were printed with the title<ref group="footnotes">MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN</ref> was typeset ''(in all upper case letters)'' and positioned to the right in the white space area above that strip, with the byline<ref group="footnotes">By LEE FALK and PHIL DAVIS</ref> on the right. An episode subtitle<ref group="footnotes">a small text related to the strip</ref> ''(in upper and lower case)'' was centered between the title and the byline. | ||
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Revision as of 17:56, 25 January 2018
The pre WWII years
In the early years Phil Davis drew the daily strips on large Bristol board (22.5 x 28.5 inches - about 572 x 724 mm), where the art for one strip covered about 20.5 x 4.5 inches (520.7 x 114.3 mm).
The daily strip were printed in newspapers with 8 columns a page, and with the Mandrake strip spanning 6 columns. Newspapers were printed in different sizes and the columns therefore had different widths. But, if a column was about 1.83 inches wide the printed Mandrake strip was about 11 x 2.4 inches (280 x 61 mm). - roughly half of the original art by Phil Davis, and a bit larger than the width of a standard modern comic book (10 and 1/8 inches). Keeping the same aspect ratio as the original drawings some newspapers printed the strips spanning 5 columns.
In addition the strips were printed with the title[footnotes 1] was typeset (in all upper case letters) and positioned to the right in the white space area above that strip, with the byline[footnotes 2] on the right. An episode subtitle[footnotes 3] (in upper and lower case) was centered between the title and the byline.
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