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?

  • poppichew@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    I had a thinky-thank on this and circled back because I had an idea sitting there in the back of my head and I couldn’t bring it to the front. It hit me just a second ago, I think Dash Shaw has dialogue but has large swaths of visual chaos and movement. You can check him out here and consider grabbing his work if you can. Outside of that, there’s surely others but I am drawing a blank. I think there are books in general that I have loved that aren’t void of dialogue but express quite a bit in their panels. Not Simple by Natsume Ono is one of those novels and just seeing the little bits of it mean quite a bit. It’s a dramatic ride though, just an fyi. Also, please consider grabbing it if you’re willing. I am baffled as to what that woman can do with line.

    While this is a dialogue rich novel, Asterios Polyp was quite an amazing read. While I no longer own it, I think fondly of it (and did so even a couple of days ago). It’s just a big chunky boy, and it’s hard to keep with - so I gave my copy to a friend who loves it =)

    Hope you might like any of these =)