Polazeći od osnovnih postulata iz domena studija stripa (Eisner 1985/2008; McCloud 1993/2004) i istraživanja veza između vremena i prostora (Clark 1973; Al- verson 1994; Casasanto & Boroditsky 2008; Oliveri, Koch & Caltagirone 2009), rad prikazuje načine na koje se različiti elementi proticanja vremena iskazuju u domenu stripa, tipično statičnog grafičkog medija. U okviru ovog medija, vreme i prostor su nužno direktno povezani te je tako vreme jedino moguće prikazati kroz prostomu dimenziju. Metode kojima se autori stripova služe u iskazivanju temporalne dimenzije jesu raznolike, što se ogleda u tome da vremenska distanca između dva kadra može da varira od par milisekundi do nekoliko miliona godina, kao i u činjenici da trajanje radnje unutar jednog kadra može da se razlikuje u većoj ili manjoj meri. Pozivajući se na neke od značajnijih novijih studija, koje se između ostalog bave i problemom prikazivanja vremena u stripu (Groensteen 2007,2013; Saraceni 2003), u radu se dalje razmatra subjektivni aspekt tumačenja protoka vremena, kao i specifičan ritam kojim se odlikuje grafička naracija. Tipovi prikazivanja vremena u stripu ilustrovani su odgovarajućim primerima iz savremenih izdanja.

Starting from the basic tenets of comics studies (Eisner 1985/2008; McCloud 1993/2004) and the research into the relations between time and space (Clark 1973; Alverson 1994; Casasanto & Boroditsky 2008; Oliveri, Koch & Caltagirone 2009), the paper presents the manners in which various elements of the passage of time are expressed in the domain of comics, a typically static graphic medium. Within comics, time and space are necessarily directly connected, thus it is only possible to represent time using the dimension of space. The methods employed by the comics authors in the attempt to express the temporal dimension are diverse, which can be seen in the fact that the time distance between two panels can range from a millisecond to a million years, as well as in possibility of varying the amount of time found within a single panel. Drawing on certain significant recent studies which deal, among other things, with the issue of time in comics (Groensteen 2007, 2013; Saraceni 2003), the paper further discusses the subjective aspect of interpreting the flow of time, along with the specific rhythm which characterizes the graphic narration. The different types in which time is represented in comics are illustrated in the paper with appropriate examples from contemporary comics.