Took me 5 years to realize I was reading comics in the wrong order

I was at a local con last month and this guy behind me in line for a signing noticed I was flipping through my issue backward. He tapped my shoulder and said, 'You know you're supposed to read the whole page from left to right, not panel to panel?' Turns out I'd been jumping all over the place for years because nobody ever actually told me how to follow the flow. After that, I tried it his way and the story actually made sense for the first time. Has anyone else had that moment where a basic comic reading habit just clicked late in the game?

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adamk951mo ago

Wrong order" is the ONLY order I've ever known, apparently. Oops.

jamie7701mo ago

Gotta figure out if it's actually a big deal or just one of those things that doesn't matter in the end.

jordanblack1mo ago

@adamk95 Respectfully disagree on this one. Doing it the "right way" from the start has saved me a lot of headaches later on. But I know some people prefer to learn by messing up first.