Crunchy
The theme this week over at Illustration Friday is "Crunchy." A lot of images come to mind -- many involving breakfast cereal for some reason. But my mind is apparently still, um, chewing on abstract comics. I am wondering if this is a little too concrete to be an abstract comic. The image is not really representational, but the stylized decay seems a bit too much like a narrative. And then there's that cheesy comics sound effect. Ah well, whatever it is, it is also my entry for this week's illustration prompt.
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I agree with what you are saying about the narrative effect and the lack of clear representation. It's seems to invite a serial interpretation not an instant feeling. I see the breakdown of the geometry and the basic order of the world. It's apocalyptic, yet the "cheesy" sound effect undermines the warning, reminding us that "the end" is a story the "folks" have been telling for a long time.
ReplyDeleteSo do abstract comics imply an instant sensation?
Good question, Plural1. The idea of images (albeit abstract) in sequence seems to be central to the form. In other words, I think it would be difficult to distinguish a single-panel abstract comic from, say, an abstract expressionist painting/drawing. Even so, all comics work on an immediate impression of the overall composition combined with a teasing out of the sequencing of those elements (so, both/and rather than either/or). Where comics qua comics use that sequence typically to tell stories, I believe abstract comics use sequenced images to show formalist transformations.
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