Over at CBR, Brigid Alverson has a wonderfully written piece in which she shares her “8-Page Rule.” This is a concept that applies more to longform comics than comic strips, but any comic that follows a continuous storyline should take heed of the general principal.
In short, any new reader should be able to find their bearings in the story within the first eight pages.

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