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Both artists make use of a great variety of frames, the structure of a classic action contic.
Even in subdued sequences, focus on details and gestures drive the story more than pure
narrative could [fig 14]. With this contic, Botes learns to use pictures to tell his story; the
text and the artwork are completely interdependant. There is a sense of relief, when
comparing this contic to the earlier one, a feeling that the story has its own rhythm. ~
No. 308 perhaps benefitted from the nervous structure imposed by a superfluity of both
text and drawing; a humourous story is far better executed in this more confident, flowing
manner.
Figure 14 Botes In die Arms van 'n Apokalips pIS
Soundeffects are more pervasive and less decorative. As the story, the contic behind the
contic, becomes more real, the soundeffects must be 'heard' more than seen. Botes still
uses the decorative elements of the first issue, but these are now subtler and infrequent.
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