so ive always wondered this: do those little 6 issue paperbacks generally take as long to read as the average movie does to watch? also, dumb comic question general.
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no judgment from me, folks. ask away
In my case and with the tight schedule I live with a trade can take me a couple of days but if I sat to read a trade from beggining to end I'd say it'll take about a hour.
Depends on how fast you read your comics.
>>78304496
i guess that would make an 8 issue mini like a movie then, if you read fast enough
>>78303821
About an hour in general, depending on how much you pay attention to the art. Some of the more wordy stuff like Stan can take longer.
>>78304599
In terms of form and composition I think that comics are more like literature
A 6-8 issues trade is like a novella and +10 issues tomes are like movies.
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>>78305098
I'm sure it's just wish fulfillment but damn, nothing is comfier to me than naked dudes and chicks adventuring across vast fantasy landscapes
I've found that a single 24 page issue takes me about 24 minutes, so about equal to an average episode of a TV show sans commercials. That makes a standard trade close to 2 and a half hours so I'd say that a movie is a decent comparison.
I read comics relatively slowly though, I take a lot f time to soak in the art and trace the page/panel transitions with my eyes. I hate just jumping from balloon to balloon but if it's a quicker sequence that can happen. Depends on the comic and the creators, there can be a large variance in pacing.
>>78303821
Depends if you are reading something like Sandman or are reading the latest thing Bendis shat out
>>78307847
>I read comics relatively slowly though,
Me too. I also take about a half-hour to read a single issue. Maybe more if it's an older comic with more text and exposition.
When I lend my comics to my normie friends, they finish them in, like, five minutes, and then go "that was short, lol."
I don't know if I just take more time to appreciate the art and layouts, or if I'm just dyslexic.
