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Transitions
In chapter 3 of his book, McCloud talks about closure and particularly refers to scene transitions such as moment to moment, action to action, subject to subject, aspect to aspect, and non sequitur (1993, pp. 71-72). Bernice Eisenstein uses a variety of these transitions in her memoir.
Fig. 5. Eisenstein, B, (2006). [painting]. From I was a child of Holocaust survivors (p. 67), by Bernice Eisenstein, 2006, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
On page 67 Eisenstein uses what McCloud describes as an action to action transition (1993, pp. 71-72). In the first panel her character is walking with a rock in the frame, in the next panel her character is tripping over the same rock, and is on the ground in the last panel (Eisenstein, 2006, p. 67). The three panels just under that (Fig. 5) are also action to action: in the first panel she is sitting on top of a cliff, in the second she has jumped, and in the third she is out of frame (Eisenstein, 2006, p. 67).
Fig. 6. Eisenstein, B, (2006). [painting]. From I was a child of Holocaust survivors (pp.70-71), by Bernice Eisenstein, 2006, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
On pages 70-71 (Fig. 6), Eisenstein uses an aspect to aspect transition, which according to McCloud “bypasses time for the most part and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of place, idea, or mood” (1993, p.72). on these pages, Eisenstein is remarking on things in life her father will miss out on such as vacations, westerns, “his granddaughter’s Bat Mitzvah”, etc (Eisenstein,2006, pp. 70-71). These seem like random scenes but when put into context they make sense.
Eisenstein, B. (2006). I was a child of Holocaust survivors. Toronto, On: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
McCloud, S. (1993). Understanding comics: the invisible art. New York, NY: HarperCollins books.
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