“Slippery Eall” (Nov. 30, 1947) by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti.

This page from Slippery Eall was drawn mostly by Will Eisner with the backgrounds drawn by Jerry Grandenetti. I thought that this page is an excellent example of scale in a graphic novel. The newspaper was positioned in the forefront so that it appears larger and so that the text on it can be read. Also the street lights, equal in size, appear to shrink as they grow farther away; eventually growing shorter than the man. I would argue that due to the size of the sewer drain, this should be considered the focal point of the page. The text on the newspaper confirms that the sewer is a metaphor for the trap of crime. Also the amount of trash in the foreground might indicate a dreary and gloomy industrial atmosphere. It seems that Eisner took great care in detailing larger images in comparison to smaller or further away images. The man walking along the stream could indicate him following this stream of crime; like a detective.