[NetBehaviour] Evolution of Speechballoons.
marc
marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Mon Aug 28 14:08:52 CEST 2006
Evolution of Speechballoons.
By Andy Knonkykru.
During the 18th century, British caricaturists changed the shape of
speechballoons from gothic speech-bands or flags into fluffy balloons,
our modern speechballoons.
I'm using the word speechballoon as the general, inclusive term. (The
gothic form of speechballoons are speechbands, flags, scrolls or sheets
of paper, the modern form of speechballoons are balloons, but also
little rectangles, often rounded at the edges, or simply little blocks
of text above the heads of the speaker etc, etc).
The 18th century term for speechballoons was 'labels'. Here you can
study various experiments and variations and the gradual change from
bands to balloons. Even the later examples sometimes have tiny leftovers
of the 'bands' on the other side of the balloon.
http://bugpowder.com/andy/e.speechballoons.evolution.html
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