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Inverted word balloon tails

Inverted word balloon tails

It's one way to indicate an off-panel speaker... but do your readers know that?

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Mar 20, 2024
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It's a part of comics lexicon familiar to manga and manhwa readers: an inverted word-balloon tail indicating that the speaker is off-panel. Should you be using it?

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