Comics and transition

In every comic we read, there are transitions between certain moments of any story. In Scott McCloud's book Understanding Comics, he talks about six different transitions. They are; moment to moment, action to action, subject to subject, scene to scene, aspect to aspect, and non-sequitur. Here are some examples:

Moment to moment-  eyes open, eyes close
Action to action- baseball flying towards player, bats hit baseball
Subject to subject- runner gets to finish line, time watch stopped
Scene to scene- the beach, the city
Aspect to aspect- cigarettes and beer on a table, couple that is holding beer and cigarettes
Non-seuitur- two different frames that have no common area

Now the ones that are used more often in comics are action, subject, and scene. In Art Spiegelman graphic novel Maus, I've found three different transitions described by McCloud. One is on page 36, where the father and son are having a conversation, and the way the frames are set out it could either a moment to moment or action to action. On page 20, the girl is grabbing the man's foot as she doesn't want him to go. Then the next frame is him shutting the door, subject to subject. On page 22, is a moment to moment where the woman is changing her face expression in every frame. A scene to scene transition can be found on page 38, where one frame is showing people leaving the city and the other frame is soldiers going to war. Art seems to be using a lot of action, moment, and subjects to me. Which is common among most comics that are produced.

Learning about these transitions will help me decide which ones I can use for my comics. Definitely something I will look in a different way when reading comics.......

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