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Just realized I've been reading comics backwards for 20 years
Picked up a random issue from my childhood collection last week and noticed the art style changed halfway through. Turns out I was holding the book upside down and reading right to left. I checked 3 more issues and they were all the same. Has anyone else accidentally done this or am I the only one who just assumed every comic had a weird experimental layout?
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nancyd8516d agoMost Upvoted
Actually reading them backwards sounds like a deliberate artistic choice, maybe the creator was playing with time or narrative flow. Plenty of artists have experimented with non-standard reading directions to make a point about linear storytelling. Some of the best comic arcs I've seen use that exact trick to force you to rethink the plot.
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evaperez9d ago
Fair point but some panels do play with order on purpose.
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Honestly, saying "deliberate artistic choice" is a stretch. I bet most people are just confused by the printing error, not having some deep narrative moment.
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