Instructional Comic Critique

Instructional Comic Critique

Name of the critter:

Name of the critiqued:

Does the sequence look finished?

What is the subject of this sequence?  What is the author teaching us?

Is the art clear?  Can you tell what is going on at each stage?  Be specific:  what parts do you find to be clearly readable and what parts seem less so?

Does the work avoid using words?

Is a complete action, as described by Uri Shulevitz, depicted?

Can you follow the action?  Can you tell what is being shown?

Do you feel that you could follow these directions?

Are there enough panels or too many?

Is there ever confusion in which to read the panels?

What visual conceits does the work use to make complex actions clear?  Or, if the work is not clear, what sorts of conceits would help clarify it?

Is the art compelling?  Be specific.

Beyond clarity of instruction, is the sequence interesting?  Would you want to read a second strip similar to this one?  A collection of hundreds of similar strips?  Explain why and why not.