strip of three panels

Three frames in a row, drawn as identically as you can manage, with exactly one thing changed between them. The claim lives in the change, and usually in the third frame. A strip says what a single panel cannot, which is that something recurs, escalates, or ends up back where it started. Keep the rest of the drawing the same on purpose, because any variation you introduce will be read as meaningful.

Three frames in a row, drawn as identically as you can manage, with exactly one thing changed between them. The claim lives in the change, and usually in the third frame. A strip says what a single panel cannot, which is that something recurs, escalates, or ends up back where it started. Keep the rest of the drawing the same on purpose, because any variation you introduce will be read as meaningful.

Example

Best when the point is repetition or escalation over time rather than a single state.