Mr Clement
Clements work is mainly wordless, this is a section of the opening were the main character waits for a reply to the letter he sends. All the panels are the same size and the small difference throughout show the passage of time, I think this is a cleaver way to show passage of time as its subtle but obvious. I also noticed that he repeats one of his panels at the start at the end again, this is as the character disappears from the window as if giving up waiting. These are simple techniques but work effetely to show a simple characters feeling without using facile expressions.
From the Gorgous Harbour, 2004
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This was original a concertina book showing as the title states a settlement growing. I like how the panels in this book are small ovals rather than typical boxes it makes the panels feel enclosed and small and this makes the last panel impact as such a small panel showing a small space has filled up over night making it feel more crowded.
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Jason's comic Mjau Beibi has a section of anthropomorphic characters that do a combination of normal daily things but then do something sometimes twisted. His comic doesn't need words as he communicates what happening through action and sound, as in the mummy one (on the left of the image below) he communicated a faceless characters actions through his actions and body language. This is the same as the vampire one even though he has a face, through his body language you fell he is sick of his job and stereo type and wants to go on holiday somewhere sunny and so he dose and this makes him happy. This makes this a successful as its easy to read and understand without the need of words to explain what's going on
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Sound can be used to highlight silence or to add extra tension and emotion to a wordless comic. It seems body language, gesture, empty space and layout are all key feature to having a readable wordless comic.
- Pictures & words, new comic are and narrative illustration, by Roanne Bell and Mark Sindair, 2005, published by Laurence King Publishing LTD UK, edited by Roanne Bell.
-Mr Clement pg 11-13
-Tom Gauld pg 21
-Jason pg 22-25
Comics and books
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Thought this illustrated novel has words I looked at it because to create wordless comics I firstly needed to understand the structure and conventions of normal comics and books. Blankets is an illustrated novel in a comic style I found it used a god range of panel layouts and formate, this did not hinder the story it flowed well even with the constant panel changes. Also due to gaps in the text it makes you actually look at the illustrations rather than just skimming them while reading the text.
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The Last Of Us American Dreams by Neil Druckmann and Faith Erin Hicks
This comic has a very much a conventional layout.The reason I chose to look at it was because though this comic has speech it focuses a lot on the facial expressions of the main character witch is something I will need to be able to do without just using close ups and this comic does this. This comic also does something I thought was a good idea as this is a dark comic showing a post apocalyptic world and when the main characters get attacked suddenly the colour changes and they use a striking red in the background to show danger. This would be a good technique to use in a wordless comic as you wouldn't have words to accompany what's happening.
-The Last Of Us American Dreams by Neil Druckmann and Faith Erin Hicks,2013, published by Dark Horse Books Milwaukie, edited by Brendan Wright
Hilda and the Midnight Gaint
This comic is very surreal and tells its story through lots of small panels, again this comic is told using words but still contains a lot of expression ans gesture still to help communicate the narrative. I especially like how in this they use comedy and surrealism to cover the fact this story is based on facing eviction and neighbourly aggression, using these topics sugar coats the topic for the reader and only if read into you see this. I think using surrealism or comedy to slightly cover my wordless narrative means that when people read into it they could conclude its from the nursery rhyme without me being to obvious.
-Hilda and the Midnight Gaint by Luke pearson, 2011, published by Nobrow Ltd London,
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