We designed our own comic book panels to depict a gladiatorial fight in the colluseum.  After looking at examples of comic books, we realised that the panels rarely just showed the protagonists as viewed from the side.  The best panels did clever things like zoom in on the action and only show the most important elements in each scene.

We copied this idea by taking photographs of our friends at each stage of the ‘fight’ or finding photos online that matched what we wanted.  Just like the comic books Mr Swallow showed us, we focussed upon what mattered in the scene and used framing or zooming to make the action seem real.

The final stage was to trace the photos we had arranged into a comic book style, adapting the clothing and props to give it the Ancient Roman look…see what you think.

Marvel Studios had better watch out!