Staff Picks
Wordless Graphic Novels
- Thomas M.
- Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Collection
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then these titles speak volumes. These examples of sheer visual storytelling will illuminate the imagination.
Jinchalo
Published in 2012
A wordless graphic novel follows Voguchi and her voracious appetite on an adventure into the sky at the will of shapeshifter Jinchalo.
G.I. Joe
Silent Interlude
Published in 2014
This wordless issue introduced the world to Snake Eye's mysterious nemesis Storm Shadow and his Arashikage Ninja - and essays by Mark Bellomo offer a look into the inspiration and creation of this comic book classic.
The Arrival
Published in 2006
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.
The Longest Day of the Future
Published in 2016
"In a futuristic megalopolis, two corporate behemoths indulge in a merciless war to eliminate the other, with zero regard for the collateral damage being caused--until the crash of an extraterrestrial spaceship changes everything."--Page 4 of cover.
Book from the Ground
From Point to Point
Published in 2013
"Xu Bing spent seven years gathering materials, experimenting, revising, and arranging thousands of pictograms to construct this narrative. The result is a readable story without words recording 24 hours in the day of the life of a typical urban white-collar worker. Using an exclusively visual language, the text could be published anywhere without translation"--Back cover.