"Well the squares are called panels, but they don't have to be square, though most of them are. So think of them as a frozen moment in time." He flipped to the back of his small notepad and the last ten pages drew a little kitsune running along the bottom of the pages until it jumps off the final one.

"This is animation, the drawing looks like it moves." He flipped the pages to show her the kitsune running. "But see how each drawing is a part of the action? That's like the panel, it's part of the whole story."