How to read a comic book or graphic novel

Start from left to right. But, do not worry. You will get a sense while moving from one balloon to another. 

In this graphic novel, I have used mainly three balloons and only once a fourth type. 

The caption balloon brings the voice and narration of the author. It is usually a rectangle-shaped figure. 

The speech or dialogue balloon is the voice of the characters in the graphic novel. 

The exclamation balloon, a spike-shaped figure, is usually used to describe strong emotions, tense conversations, or sound effects.

Lastly, the fourth balloon, I used only once, at the beginning of the grandpa's memories, to set the idea of recounting memories from the past. As you will notice, during grandpa's past memories, I have used the speech balloon to feel the story as it is occurring in the present. 

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