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A silent panel in sequential art. Usually the next-to-last panel in a serialized comic strip, since it approximates the comedic pause before a punchline. |
A silent panel in sequential art. Usually the next-to-last panel in a serialized comic strip, since it approximates the comedic pause before a punchline. |
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Particularly efficient comic artists may [[Identical Panel Gag|copy and paste adjacent panels]], since the point of the [[Beat Panel]] is usually that the characters are frozen in contemplation. Another variation is to have ''two'' beat panels, with just a quizzical change of expression in the second to show a character's confusion (more likely to happen in a four-panel strip than a three-panel strip). It can also be [[Odd |
Particularly efficient comic artists may [[Identical Panel Gag|copy and paste adjacent panels]], since the point of the [[Beat Panel]] is usually that the characters are frozen in contemplation. Another variation is to have ''two'' beat panels, with just a quizzical change of expression in the second to show a character's confusion (more likely to happen in a four-panel strip than a three-panel strip). It can also be [[Odd-Shaped Panel|unusually long]] to indicate a long beat. |
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Compare [[Silent Scenery Panel]]. A [[Beat]] is the (un)spoken version. |
Compare [[Silent Scenery Panel]]. A [[Beat]] is the (un)spoken version. |
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* [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=183 This] ''[[VG Cats]]'' comic has six beat panels. The extended silence is probably a measure of Leo's dimwittedness. |
* [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=183 This] ''[[VG Cats]]'' comic has six beat panels. The extended silence is probably a measure of Leo's dimwittedness. |
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** He almost gets it about halfway through. |
** He almost gets it about halfway through. |
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*** Also, the last panel [[Shout |
*** Also, the last panel [[Shout-Out|seems to be]] a reference to the end of the seventies remake of [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]. |
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* Used in [http://xninjared.deviantart.com/art/What-a-Man-would-do-for-a-Girl-162055287 this comic] after the girl had a bit of a [[Fridge Logic]]. |
* Used in [http://xninjared.deviantart.com/art/What-a-Man-would-do-for-a-Girl-162055287 this comic] after the girl had a bit of a [[Fridge Logic]]. |
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* Appears a few times in [[Harkovast]] during the more light hearted moments, especially on this [http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=735366 page] where it actually happens twice in succession. |
* Appears a few times in [[Harkovast]] during the more light hearted moments, especially on this [http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=735366 page] where it actually happens twice in succession. |
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* [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF026-Butterflies.jpg Butterflies] in ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]''. |
* [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF026-Butterflies.jpg Butterflies] in ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]''. |
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* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=62 this]. Then a [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=478 double beat panel]. And [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=856 two more] with highly unimpressed Kat. And a ''[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=862 triple]'' beat panel (the scene in question justifies this much). |
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=62 this]. Then a [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=478 double beat panel]. And [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=856 two more] with highly unimpressed Kat. And a ''[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=862 triple]'' beat panel (the scene in question justifies this much). |
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* [http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2007/12/telephone-call/ Here], thanks to the ''[[Amazing Super Powers]]'' of a [[Split |
* [http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2007/12/telephone-call/ Here], thanks to the ''[[Amazing Super Powers]]'' of a [[Split-Screen Phone Call]]. |
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* Lampshaded through the fourth wall in [http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=4134 ''Retail'']. |
* Lampshaded through the fourth wall in [http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=4134 ''Retail'']. |
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* ''[[Rusty and Co (Webcomic)|Rusty and Co]]'', in the [http://rustyandco.com/comic/39/ re-acquaintance] of The Princess and White Knight. |
* ''[[Rusty and Co (Webcomic)|Rusty and Co]]'', in the [http://rustyandco.com/comic/39/ re-acquaintance] of The Princess and White Knight. |
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[[Category:Born in The Funny Papers]] |
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[[Category:Beat Panel]] |
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