Page Layouts! How Many Panels Per Page?

Being able to scan and decipher visual information is an ancient tool of human survival... and the key to laying out your page.

All over the planet, every day (and long into every night), comic book creators—or ‘graphic novelists’ if you prefer fancy names for things—are asking themselves the same question:

How do I make the next moment happen?

The moment in question can be anything. It can be, for example, Dr. Doom escaping from the Fantastic Four using a handy nearby meteor.

I a…