Let's leave out infinite canvases for a moment. Can webcomics, if they follow the style of print, page-wise, use double spreads?
My old comic (WENDY) had a couple two-page spreads in it. I just included them in the archives as one page, but was going to prnt them as spreads in the eventual book collection. I actually screwed the first one up, though, by putting dialogue in the center of the spread! (total rookie mistake... 'cause that's where the page crease will be) Of course, there won't be a book collection now, so oh well.
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He means like two traditional comic book pages next to one another, I believe.
Exactly!
I don't see any reason why it couldn't be done. All you'd be doing is placing two image files next to one another. *shrug*
Our main site uses a double page spread to display our comic. It's two age side-by-side with single page zoom options.
http://www.alpha-shade.com/www/pages/pages.htm
Our HTML version of the site is single pages.
CB
Alpha Shade
When I say double spread, I meant to say the use of double spread pages for a full-on splash page, the kind you see in comics scribed by Warren Ellis or Mark Millar.
Really in context of webdesign there is no such thing as a double spread being that a double spread is a layout that streches across two pages. Some thing inherent to how a book works. if you were to create a webpage that worked like a book then you could do it. http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/digitisation1.html
the closest thing to a double spread or splash page is two img files that join together to form one complete image. The other is well a really large image, if you feel like debating semantics it would be an image Twice the size of the other images that constitutes your comic.
[quote:e7af9c03ef="Anonymous"]the closest thing to a double spread or splash page is two img files that join together to form one complete image. The other is well a really large image, if you feel like debating semantics it would be an image Twice the size of the other images that constitutes your comic.
True. My comic (in very early production so I'm not going to mention it here right now) uses a standard comic book/graphic novel page size in landscape format reduced to fit a 1024x768 screen online. Although I plan on having the occasional double-spread in the print version, online those "pages" are just one big honkin' image.
One thing about the double-page spreads is that they're an improvisation - an open comic book has two pages available at any given time, so the artist simply uses both.
So when you say "if they follow the style of print, page-wise" Rebelsun, does this mean you'll ALWAYS have two "book pages" side-by-side on each webpage like a comic book, or only when it's a two-page spread (thus one page at a time the rest of the time)? If it's the former it should fit well, but if it's the latter, you'll want to make sure it doesn't make a single-page website go all wonky.
Another idea: have the "book pages" scroll sideways left-to-right (like the panels in When I am King. That way if you do a two-page spread, it connects pretty seamlessly.
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Double spreads in webcomic
Let's leave out infinite canvases for a moment. Can webcomics, if they follow the style of print, page-wise, use double spreads?
Why couldn't they?
Are you talking from an automated script/technical point of view, a stylistic point of view, or ethical? :)
Well, it seems most webcomics so far are more one-page each-click affairs. Like Megatokyo. If anything, I'd like to see webcomics go Warren Ellis all the way, widescreen comics & such.
BTW, any examples of webcomics that use double-spread pages?
Personally, i'm still confused as to what you mean by double-sized. I mean, Sluggy, GPF, goats, etc. etc. all do the 'double-spread Sunday' thing. But I assume you were referring to something less newspaper-y?
[quote:adab891502="tynic"]Personally, i'm still confused as to what you mean by double-sized. I mean, Sluggy, GPF, goats, etc. etc. all do the 'double-spread Sunday' thing. But I assume you were referring to something less newspaper-y?
He means like two traditional comic book pages next to one another, I believe.