tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post7474184736030018353..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Balloons and Other Ways Comics Show the InvisibleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-23084171569367168462007-11-11T22:55:00.000-05:002007-11-11T22:55:00.000-05:00Exactly! The comics forms work efficiently, and Am...Exactly! The comics forms work efficiently, and American kids pick up the code very early. So in terms of storytelling, there's no reason not to use them where they work.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-3081857386628982252007-11-11T22:47:00.000-05:002007-11-11T22:47:00.000-05:00Without really meaning to, my wife Cece has used s...Without really meaning to, my wife Cece has used speech balloons in all 5 of her published books and both of the ones that are coming down the pike. Even her baby board books.<BR/><BR/>Further, in Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood, Sock Monkey is seen clapping and he has little clap balloons coming from his hands.<BR/><BR/>I think it really helps move the story along and it gets rid of a lot of """"" and saids.<BR/><BR/>-Sam R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com