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Data page from Marauders # 20

Sometimes in comics you need to give the reader a lot of information in a short amount of time. The dreaded exposition.

Classical comic thinking is to do one of two things: a dialogue heavy page where one character is relaying the information to another (or the reader). This is usually done poorly:

But sometimes it can be done (subjectively) well:

The problem, though, is the As You Know trope. You have two characters, who know this information (or should know the info), but they are explaining it to each other as if they don't know. This is all for the reader's benefit. It's clunky and feels like Silver or Bronze Age comic writing.

Sorry Scrooge…

The other way is through captions.

Not all comics work well with narrative captions. Especially if captions are being used for internal character thoughts (I'm looking at you every-Wolverine-comic-ever).

A modern solution has been data pages. You've seen these a lot in works by Jonathan Hickman, like his creator work:

And in the X-Men, predominately by designer Tom Muller (@hellomuller and @hellomullerltd).

But they've popped up in manga like Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita:

And Darwyn Cooke's Parker books (which even includes prose from the books that have been adapted):

As well as classic comic books like Fantastic Four

And even webcomics such as Drive by Dave Kellet. He even includes the text in a blog post to be more readable on mobile devices.

These all convey information that the author feels the reader should know. Some are done as a document, others as illustrative piece, but they are all giving the reader information.

What makes the Hickman/Muller data pages interesting (particularly in X-Men) is that they are not outside the realm of the story; they are part of it. These pages are documents pulled from the canon of the story. A file from Nick Fury's database, or an historical archive. Dave Kellet even does this with his Enciclopedia Xenobiologica entries about races, places, and technology in his webcomic.

Unlike classic data pages, such as the Baxter Building cutaway, modern datapages are also placed within the reading of the story, not as an extra or appendix. Strip Panel Naked over on Youtube explains Hickman and Muller's approach in detail (spoilers by the way for X-men!)

So consider this as a solution to an exposition heavy sequence. Do a diagram showing your characters' heist plan. Create a schematic of a starship so your readers know where the characters are. Have a legal pad with a lawyer's notes about your character's story. And, if this is in a web or mobile comic, offer the text in a blog post (in fact it's a good practice to offer text of your dialogue).

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