A Bit About WOODY

Hi everybody!
I am working on my graphic novel WOODY: THE HERO OF ZIRCON CITY, and I wanted to talk a bit about the format. The story is told in 3 vertical panels over 3 pages.
The usual comics page is a 9 box grid. The reason for this is that the natural length to tell a comics story is 9 panels: 3 to establish the story, 3 to add some flavor, and 3 to bring it to a full conclusion.
The 3 godfathers of the comic strip are Hal Foster, Alex Raymond and Milton Caniff. On TARZAN, Hal Foster used a strict 9 panel grid, as he was adapting ERB's novel. Alex Raymond certainly used the same format with FLASH GORDON. And Milton Caniff did the same with TERRY AND THE PIRATES.
My vertical panels each represent 3 events, depicted by a single integrated illustration, so I'm elongating the drawing while compressing the narrative. Why? Because comics have started to EXTEND the narrative and MAGNIFY the illustration, which is ridiculous. There is a natural balance between words and pictures, which is the format that WOODY employs.
That's all for now! Be good!
Brad