Solrads are those lines radiating from the sun or a lightbulb in a comic strip, while dites are the diagonal lines on a smooth mirror. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Solrads”
There are a lot more of these Mort Walker terms for describing the conventions of being a cartoonist.
Solrads, S-O-L-R-A-D-S.
Solrads.
Yeah, you can kind of guess where that comes from, the radiation from the sun maybe.
And these are the lines drawn from something luminous like a light bulb, the radiating lines.
Or the sun to show that it’s giving off light or heat.
Solrads.
Solrads.
Not to be confused with dites.
D-I-T-E-S.
Which are the diagonal lines on a mirror.
Oh, they indicate that it’s like smooth.
Yeah, yeah, smooth and shiny in a different way.
Oh, very interesting.
Nice.
