Publication Research: Style and Format

Now that I have ~stupidly?~ decided to make a comic book, I thought that it would be a wise idea to carry out some research (as I know absolutely NOTHING about comics!)

Jon McNaught

Last year I came across the work of Jon McNaught in his publication 'Dockwood', which tells two autumnal day-to-day stories in beautiful minimalistic detail. The panels are smaller than usual and explore actions and movements at increased level of detail. I am really inspired by McNaughts style of portraying narrative, as admittedly the word 'comic' kind of freaks me out a little, as I see it as a whole sort of cult to do with superheroes (sorry that is really blasé), but this approach is more simple and stripped back to honestly portray the highlights as well as mundaniaty in the space of a day. 

Lizzy Stewart

Lizzy Stewart's hand rendered reportage style creates a really beautiful expression of a narrative, similar to that of Jon McNaught but less 'polished'. The hand-rendered processes create a really humble and smoothly flowing feel as opposed to the harshness of perfect bold lines can have, for example the different marks created with pen and pencil create more energetic quality within each image. 

I am definitely considering creating my publication by hand, to communicate to my audience on a balanced level, rather than create the threatening 'talking down to' kind of feel. I seriously need to get a move on because the deadline is two weeks and I am starting to panic like a mad woman!!!