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The sudden scene transition is a common device in most forms of visual media. Yet whenever I try to do it between pages, I often leave readers feeling like they missed a page somewhere. The solution? Have the change take place on a single page rather than between them! 

It's admittedly not a perfect solution. Not for me, anyway. I try to close each page with something punchy if I can, and instead the final panel is taken up with the task of saying "okay, we're over here now." Not exactly punchy, but the hope is that I've managed to cultivate some suspense as to what will happen next in place of that.

As always I'd love to hear your input, and I hope you like the page! 

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Malmedee

Did Switch just get dumped?

Anonymous

I think a sudden transition between scenes and pages works pretty well when the comic is being reread after the fact. Especially in PDF format when you're just scrolling through. But for the week to week delivery having the jump on the same page is likely better. Personally I think the former is more effective unless the latter is going for a comedic juxtaposition. But that's just my two cents, I don't think I've ever been confused by a sudden jump so I might just be the wrong person to talk about it lol