This is a great example of conveying the force of motion and impact without using motion lines other than the naturally occurring “trails” left from each of the events. It’s also a highly effective rendering of forces in opposition. The cork flies one direction, counter to how the comic is read, but the fact that the panel that contains it is overlapping the next image in the sequence indicates they’re meant to be occurring almost simultaneously (which also shows you that whomever is doing the shooting has got reflexes and then some plus) With the report of gunfire, we’re snapped back into the regular flow of book.

note* It’s been so long since I started this series of posts, that a lot of context of the actual story is fuzzy.

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