French: gaufrierEnglish translation: grid 
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Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / comic books | | French term or phrase: gaufrier | | About a book by Tori Miki, "un gaufrier de neuf cases muettes", or "a XXX of nine panels/frames without text." I completely understand the metaphor of the waffle iron and its application to the page of a comic book, but I wonder whether it is used in English. I might be slightly familiar language, or comics jargon. Thanks for any leads and/or suggestions! |
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| | grid | Explanation:
I'm not directly involved in this industry, but have never come across a term resembling your waffle metaphor.
One comic strip artist I did once come into contact talked about the process of creating, and said "You just start off with this blank grid, ..." |
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 Tony M
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| Note from asker to answererThank you, Tony M., and thanks to Speakering and fourth for their contributions. "grid" comes closest to what it is: a page with nine square frames of equal size.
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Explanation:
To kick off.
It's a standard basic framework.
Let's wait for someone who works in the field. My young wife whose profession was that of a graphic designer may well come back with some ideas.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-06-13 19:34:37 GMT)
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"Standardised sequence of illustrated story frames" it seems
| fourth
France
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| grid
Explanation:
I'm not directly involved in this industry, but have never come across a term resembling your waffle metaphor.
One comic strip artist I did once come into contact talked about the process of creating, and said "You just start off with this blank grid, ..."
| Tony M
France
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thank you, Tony M., and thanks to Speakering and fourth for their contributions. "grid" comes closest to what it is: a page with nine square frames of equal size. |
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Explanation:
this is used in film, not sure about cartoons, but if you read below, you might find an explanation.
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Reference: http://gciment.free.fr/cenbdessaitrondheim.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard - 34k
| Speakering
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:  Macedonian, Serbo-Croat
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Asker: The problem for me is that a storyboard serves as preparation for shooting in cinema, whereas here it is a work in its own right -and it is filled in, by the way.
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The translation workplace 
