🧭 Which way next?

The answers, and why

1. A comic reads left to right. You've read the top left panel. Which is next? The one to its right. Read across the row first, like the words in a sentence.

2. You've read the last panel on the right of the top row. Where next? The left end of the next row. At the end of a row, go down and back to the left, like the next line of a book.

3. A manga reads right to left. Which panel do you read first? The top right one. Manga from Japan start at the top right and read across to the left.

4. In a manga, you've read the top right panel. Which is next? The one to its left. In a manga the rows go right to left, so the next panel is on the left.

5. In a manga, you've read the last panel on the left of the top row. Where next? The right end of the next row. Go down a row and back to the right, where the next row starts.

6. A tall panel fills the left side of the page. Two small panels sit on its right, one on top of the other. After the tall one? The small top one. Go right, then top to bottom: the top small panel, then the bottom one.

7. One panel has two speech bubbles, one high up and one lower down. Which do you read first? The higher one. Bubbles go top to bottom, so the higher one is said first.

8. In a manga, two bubbles sit side by side at the same height. Which do you read first? The one on the right. Manga read right to left, bubbles too.

9. A manga in English reads right to left. Where does it start? At what looks like the back. The first page is where an English book would end, so open it from the other side.

10. You've read the bottom right panel of a left-to-right comic. Where next? The top left of the next page. The page is done. Turn over and start again at the top left.

Answers that count books or say what's out are true for November 12, 2026, from the release days on each series page.