The first one I'll talk about is 300 and how they wanted to give this big interpretation towards you. A lot of the pages would be one frame but gives this massive feeling behind too. I felt that they did this to really show the brutality and manliness of the Spartans. Down below is an example of one of these massive frames.
This isn't a fight scene but I thought it was an interesting page anyway. When you first look at it, there is a lot of dialogue between the characters throughout the page. Your eyes are moving from the top of the page towards the bottom of it. Then there is a separate frame to the left of the page that reminds me of an old comic strip. This frame gave us a reminder of how disciplined the Spartans were and how brutal they treat each other. The one thing I love about this page is that its an aerial shot and we're seeing it from an angle above them.
The next book is Essex County and this is completely different style compared to 300. I felt these frames would be more logical to use in comics. Like every frame could speak for it self and you really didn't need much dialogue, which they did on occasions. Down below is an example.
Black and white color pages and pretty straight forward with the size of frames. Every frame is rectangle and everything fits nicely together. What I really enjoyed is how a small change in a frame could effect the mood in the story. There is two times that this happens on this page. The first is at top where the old man asks the boy why is he out alone. The boy stands there for a moment and answers back to him with the same question. The old man shakes his head in agreement, which would be the second. I felt with these frames they a lot simpler than those in 300 which seem to be in your face almost. Just my quick observation on these two comics......
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