Out of breath

[Ben Rosen]

How do you express panting in comics? I'm drawing a blank here. Gasps?

[Ashwin Pande]

Pant! Wheeze! Gasp!

[Whip]

Huh-huh-huhhh...

[Ben Rosen]

Pant! Wheeze! Gasp!

And if the dude's speaking while out of breath i just insert those into the middle of the sentences? I guess that sounds right...

[copypastepuke]

grasping at your lungs. bending over hands on knees. whatever!

[Hawkdevil]

"I *huff* hate *huff* youguys *huff huff huff*"
...that sort of thing, I'd expect...

[Ashwin Pande]

And if the dude's speaking while out of breath i just insert those into the middle of the sentences? I guess that sounds right...

Yeah.. that and the image should convey the message effectively.

[NeverWanderer]

Doing the bracing yourself on your knees and exhaling with puffed cheeks and wide eyes could do it visually.

Or, for dialogue, "You... could do it... like... this... -huff-"

"Or -hhh- like -hhh- this..."

[Ashwin Pande]

"Hey *pant*... I... *wheeze*... hey wait *gasp* up!"

hmmm...

[NeverWanderer]

"Hey *pant*... I... *wheeze*... hey wait *gasp* up!"

hmmm...

This one's my favorite. :thumb:

[Donal DeLay]

Doing the bracing yourself on your knees and exhaling with puffed cheeks and wide eyes could do it visually.

Or, for dialogue, "You... could do it... like... this... -huff-"

"Or -hhh- like -hhh- this..."
I like this. The "hhh" is much better than "gasp/wheeze" cause when I'm out of breath it's always a "HHH!" sound. Also, make the balloons kinda cloud-shaped, like a thought balloon with a tail, and broken up with dotted lines instead of a solid line for the whole balloon.

[NickT]

...s between some words? Maybe a reference to being out of breath?