"retains the window"

Comics David Bordwell investigates the mise-en-scene of Hergé's Tin Tin comics as he would a film and finds some strong similarities:

"The massive balloon at the top of the first frame in this series obliges Hergé to push his figures quite low, but he compensates by letting them lean on the bottom edge as if it were the desktop. (Hergé likewise often makes his characters stand directly on the frameline.) The first panel retains the window frame. The second, another over-the-shoulder shot but even tighter than the first, introduces the shutters in a prominent position behind Zloty. These shutters prime the third frame. They now anchor a crucial action: the Fakir is lurking outside those shutters."

The only other comic strip I've seen studied in this way is Watchmen and I'd be interested to know if the average comic book could be opened up to this kind of scrutiny. Presumably since many artists are influenced by film (as Bordwell suggests here about Hergé) many of the same rules would apply.