Assignment #1 Moore and Gibbons portray the passing of time through the aging of their characters and through their actions in a Mcloud explains that time in comics doesn't just seem like a single movement because actions occur from left to right making a time frame resemble time itself. The illusion of time comes from the words and actions that represent sound when it isn't there. In some cases, a gutter is needed to clarify the sequence, however, this is only necessary for the circumstance where there are several actions occurring all at once. Mcloud also explains how panels help portray and indicate time in different ways. If a panel contains a caption then time can seem as if everything stopped for a few seconds. Time can be prolonged