Flitty: Son Boy’s Fly Pal by Archer Preweitt

Flitty: Sof’ Boy’s Fly Pal by Archer Prewitt is a short comic about this character, Sof Boy, who finds a fly named Flitty, trapped inside the house and tries to help Flitty find it’s way to the hole on the window screen. Based on how Prewitt drew the character’s expression on the second and sixth panel, he wanted to help Flitty, but got frustrated and eventually gave up. In the last panel, Prewitt only focuses on Flitty to make it clear to his viewer’s that Sof Boy gave up and left.

Looking at the comic, there are a lot of line details in each panel. He used a lot of sharp, broken lines to provide more texture towards the walls, ground, and window. The line textures also created more depth in a two-dimensional plane. In addition, the window, wall, and trash can are examples of plane.

Lastly, according to Graphic Design: The New Basic, a point marks a position in space (p. 34). A simple point in a person’s design, can easily catch the viewer’s eye through its contrast or value. In the second panel, Prewitt uses balance between the two characters and creates an implied line of the Sof Boy’s eyes looking up at Flitty. Through the implied line, it is a way for Prewitt to lead his viewer’s eyes towards Flitty.

Overall, the choice Prewitt made for the cloud like speech bubble and typography creates a theme that goes along with how he designed Sof Boy.  I also like how simple it is to understand the story with such little dialog, based on how he made the character’s actions and expressions clear in each panel.