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The 18 pages that link to Speech balloon, each with the reason it gives.

• MangaRelated: Balloon placement helps coordinate dialogue with manga’s right-to-left reading flow.

• Comic stripRelated: Dialogue balloons let strips stage conversation without abandoning the drawn scene.

• Comic bookRelated: Balloons integrate dialogue and thought into the image sequence.

• Graphic novelRelated: Balloon placement links dialogue to characters while shaping the page’s reading order.

• Sequential artRelated: It adds spoken language while keeping words attached to visual characters.

• ComicsBroader topic: Its shape and tail associate words with a speaker or thinker.

• Panel (comics)Related: Balloon placement within a panel assigns dialogue to characters and guides reading order.

• Gutter (comics)Related: Balloon placement can cross or interact with the spaces between panels.

• The Yellow KidRelated: Outcault sometimes placed the Kid’s words on his oversized shirt before dialogue balloons became standard.

• Richard F. OutcaultRelated: Outcault experimented with placing words inside images rather than relying only on captions.

• Newspaper comic stripRelated: Its shape and placement make dialogue legible within narrow newspaper panels.

• Superhero comicBroader topic: Balloon placement and shape convey dialogue, thought, and vocal emphasis.

• KibyōshiCompared with: Kibyōshi commonly placed text directly around figures rather than relying on modern balloon conventions.

• Whaam!Related: The painting's large “WHAAM!” balloon makes the missile strike audible as graphic text.

• Chéri SambaRelated: Speech balloons let painted figures comment directly on their scenes.

• Drowning GirlRelated: Its text delivers the woman’s despair as part of the image.

• The Katzenjammer KidsRelated: Dirks helped popularize the device as a regular part of newspaper-strip dialogue.

• Bande dessinéeRelated: Speech balloons integrate dialogue into the drawn scene.