graphic storytelling

Sequential art form

Graphic storytelling is narrative conveyed through images, typically combining visual art with text.

The term encompasses comics, graphic novels, manga, and sequential art more broadly.

It emphasizes the medium's storytelling capacity rather than treating pictures as mere illustration: She teaches a course on graphic storytelling and visual narrative.

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frame · zines · gutters · illustrators · speech balloons · word balloons · thought bubbles · colorists · splash · page turn · underground movements · writers · cartoonist · narrative art · webcomics · shading techniques · splash pages · horror tales

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medium/format

graphic storytellingprose fiction

Imaginary tales in sentences

literary fiction · oral storytelling · radio drama · audiobooks · audiobook

visual density

graphic storytellingaudio drama

Scripted performance for listening

descriptive prose · radio plays

sequentiality

graphic storytellingabstract art

Visual work avoiding depiction

photography · portraiture

Family

graphic, storytelling, graph, graphs, graphing, graphed, graphics, graphical, graphically

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