A Tardi Adele Blan-Sec post

The second Adele comic was a blast for me to read, and I didn't suffer from any of the confusion that the Pterodactyl story wrought upon me. A major boost was the humor Caponi brought to the conclusion and having old characters reappear only to be arrested.

What I really wanted to write about was the transition of time and space in comics. On page 81-82 the conversation taking place between Flagolet and Caponi would seem to last only a minute or so in real time, yet they are shown to be traversing across Paris where settings change entirely. I have no problem with it because Tardi's shots of Paris are the most appealing part of Adele and shots of the same scene constraining the dialogue would limit the versatility of the comic art form, but the timing did feel strange. I think comic readers are encouraged, and used to allowing short conversations take place across distances that don't match up with the amount of conversation that has taking place, and I don't feel a call to realism is strictly the best way to go about an art form. It wasn't jarring, but it almost added to the humor present in this Tardi story.