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Comics with low dialogue/focus on visuals? (discuss.online)
submitted 5 days ago by umean2me@discuss.online to c/comicbooks@lemmy.world
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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?

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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):