Hello!
I’m trying to get into comics and I’m looking for something that’s almost entirely visual if possible. I don’t hate reading, I love it actually, but I am coming from the perspective that the unique aspect of comics is their ability to show things that are hard to describe in writing. Visual flair is really important to me and I appreciate things that take a meaningful/stylistic approach to illustration rather than a strictly narrative one. Any recommendations?
I haven’t read any myself, though I’ve certainly read graphic novels—on the more literary side of comic books—that have sections that have very little text.
But a quick search turns up a Reddit discussion here where people list some recommendations (again, note that this is graphic novels rather than only comic books).
https://www.reddit.com/r/graphicnovels/comments/172kopy/graphic_novel_without_textdialogue/
To summarize what’s there (and linking to Wikipedia if someone’s made an entry, and Amazon as a fallback if not):
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan
Here by Richard McGuire
Step by Bloody Step by Si Spurrier
Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado
Weathercraft, Congress of the Animals, and Fran by Jim Woodring
Cinema Panopticum, The Number, and Dark Country by Thomas Ott
Park Bench by Christophe Chabouté
Arzach by Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud
Stages of Rot by Linnea Sterte
Flood! by Eric Drooker
Hedra by Jesse Lonergan
Love: The Tiger, Love: The Fox, and Love: The Lion by Frédéric Brrémaud & Federico Bertolucci
About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau
Sshhhh! and Almost Silent by Jason
The Flower by John Light and Lisa Evans
The Longest Day of the Future by Lucas Varela
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance by Rick Remender and André Lima Araújo
Various works by Martin Vaughn-James
The Great War by Joe Sacco
Tyrant by Stephen R. Bissette
Bad Island by Stanley Donwood
Tale of Sand by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
Monsters! and Other Stories by Gustavo Duarte
Cave-In by Brian Ralph
The Ark by Stephane Levallois
He Done Her Wrong by Milt Gross
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