In this comic strip titled It’s All About You, there is a man selling what looks like coffee at a bagel and coffee shop, and a customer. The customer is dissatisfied with the way that their life is going thus far, and the solution to the happiness? He wants to be rich and famous and having his own fragrance line. This ironic, because he states that he doesn’t want be bothered, and he is acting like he is bothered by the worker, but he wants to be rich and famous. Being rich and famous comes along with paparazzi and many boundaries-less fans, invading one’s space. This customer appears to value his space, which is ironic that he would want to put himself in a position where that would be taken away. There are no motion indicators in this strip; however the time and space in between them suggests that he is turning shrewdly away from the employee to give an overall dissatisfied vibe left behind, like he is better than the employee. In fact although this strip is titled It’s All About You, it is all about him. The only emotion that he shows is for himself, meaning he has self pity.
Nice summary but you have misunderstood the assignment. We were looking for not an explanation of what is happening in the comic but how time, motion, and emotion are shown. You were correct with noticing how our mind fills in the gaps in between the panels. But how much time has passed in this comic? How do the lines on the characters face or in the background show motion since he obviously has moved during the comic?
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