While reading V for Vendetta, the layout seemed to have caught my attention. At first, it was a little confusing since I am used to reading text without visuals. However, I have noticed how David Lloyd intricately arranges the layout in a way that the reader can see the emphasized actions through the different sizes and shapes of the panels. Additionally, the reader can understand the fast-paced scenes between each panel. More specifically, the page that stands out was page 13.
In the first panel, an explosion takes place due to the tear gas that V decided to drop in order to save the girl. I believe that the larger size panel is meant to convey how harmful the tear gas explosion was on the man. The men attempt to run away as soon as they see the negative effects when in contact. On the top left corner, the word balloon is small because David Lloyd wanted more focus on the explosion. He effectively uses transitions to express how the tear gas ends up completely destroying the man. Instead of making the second panel large, he uses a smaller panel to quickly transition into how the tear gas starts a fire. Lloyd uses a yellow tone to contrast the background in the second panel.
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The panel seems to be the same size as the first panel, unlike the second panel. I found it important to see the terror of the mens’ faces as it was the focus of the panel. The large panel represents the trauma that the men experiences after the panel with the explosion. There is a word balloon located in the bottom-right corner of the panel, which is coming from the man on the right. The layout of the word balloons in the page give the readers a sense of dialogue and conversation between each character. Moreover, the small word balloon could be intentionally to show the dialogue in the background, specifically in the second