Read: Top & middle are a topright to left scenario Bottom is a scenario where the illustration is on the right In the case textboxes are fused, it's the rightmost one you should read. If the illustration goes like the examples combined, then you'll have to do what you did in the second. I'm not a good explainer but this should do. If the textbox is around the character, that's just a simple inner (usually small) monologue or thought.