Motion Lines: How Cartoonists Draw Movement

Motion Lines: How Cartoonists Draw Movement explores the visual vocabulary of motion in comics, from classic motion lines to techniques like motion blur, repeated figures, exaggeration, visible paths of travel, and showing the passing of time panel-to-panel. Cartoonists have drawn from photography, cinematography, scientific diagrams, and avant-garde movements like Futurism, all while developing an approach unique to the medium of comics. Distinct visual traditions emerged across the world; this exhibition highlights not only American comics but also how Japanese manga and Franco-Belgian cartoonists have developed their own methods.