Poor Image: Stealth Hi Bye

I really don't understand what's going on in the image.

Two people finding a dead body? A third one laughing for some reason? Is he even laughing? Is he angry? Is the mustached dude even dead?

Most importantly, what does any of this have to do with the article at hand? I really have no clue.

Fixed the tag. I think you have misinterpreted the image. The guy under the bed is popping out to say hi. Guy on left is saying "gyahh!" out of shock, not laughing. Understanding the context correctly, I'd say it's good enough to keep.

I agree that the picture is confusing until one starts reading the description. The moustached dude is the one saying, "Did you call for me?" Everyone around him being shocked is a decent way to show this.

I think a little Photoshoping can make the speech bubble more clear as to who's speaking. The caption can go.

Agreed all around.

Ugh, I hate saying this but we could get something from this Shortpacked strip.

Funny, but I don't know how we'll get an image from that.

I googled "Batman disappear" and found this◊. The scene is actually one of the examples mentioned on the page. Thoughts?

That's pretty great on a lot of levels. It looks a bit wider than 350, though; is it legible at wiki size?

We'd probably need some text-enlarging trickery from one of our Photoshop-literate people.

It's the mustached guy who's appearing? Still a tad confusing, but it makes more sense. However, if that's the case, there's another problem with this image; it doesn't properly demonstrate the action.

The second paragraph of the article states that "An integral part of the Stealth Hi/Bye is that not only doesn't the character see the actual entrance/exit, but neither does the audience." It's pretty clear from the image that the three screamers just saw Mr. Mustache peek out from under the bed. Hiding under the bed doesn't exactly convey a stealthy, mysterious entrance.

Correct me if I'm understanding any of this incorrectly.

Edit: Just to note, I looked up the context of this image. Apparently, the mustached guy is a demon who can teleport. He startled the group by accident.

edited 31st Oct '13 10:26:32 PM by RealHawaiianIce

I read it as they saw him after he moved out from under the bed, not during, so it looked to them like he appeared there. No evidence for that interpretation, but none for "they watched him move out from under the bed" either. Not great, but not terrible. A replacement suggestion would fly a lot farther than an attempt to leave the page blank.

How about the first few panels of this? http://imgur.com/Tyhs6d4

edited 31st Oct '13 8:24:27 PM by RealHawaiianIce

That is certainly more legible.

Panels 1—3, or just 2 + 3, work fine.

edited 31st Oct '13 9:24:37 PM by Willbyr

Here's horizontal and vertical versions of the three panels: http://imgur.com/a/XZBxo#0

Vertical is much more legible.

So what happens now? Do I implement it, myself, or do we wait for a vote?

Wait for a few more votes.

+1 for the vertical version.

I, too, prefer the vertical one.

Bump; any other thoughts on the vertical version of 16?

Go for it.

I can't see it.