The pages on the inside have a very clean layout. Besides black and white, you'll find simple tones of red and orange. This format stays consistent throughout the book. I appreciate the images and illustrated examples within the book, but I'm also grateful that they work with the text. The pictures are not overwhelming and I do not feel like there are too many to one page.
I have two things that I do not like about the book and would change:
1. I don't think the authors always used the most professional images they could find. It feel like they were just finding examples from any comics in particular instead of focusing on comics that are designed more successfully. Rather than showing examples and explaining what works and what does not work in comic design, the authors just toss in whatever copies of comics they can find and write about the basics of writing a comic. It's the like the difference between someone writing a well-written and well-thought out essay and comparing that to someone who just filled a paper with text ten minutes before it was due. Both people wrote an essay, but only one did it successfully.
2. The size of the book is so awkward! I think it is 11x17. It is weird to flip the pages on the short side instead of the long side. Also, I feel like it would be more appropriate for the book to more comic book-sized. Most comic books are easily accessible. You do not have to lay the whole thing out on a table just to flip one page.
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