One other successful method of to communicate a narrative is though Graphic novels. With Chris Ware being one of the greatest story tellers and cartoonests living today. Ware's art is largely influenced by 20th century american aesthetics in cartooning and graphic design.Although i am not a huge fan in the look of his artwork as his work has a very precise and geometrical look and layout and appears to be computer generated, but in fact Ware works almost exclusively with olds fashioned drawing tools such as paper and pencil, rulers and T-squares. I may not be a huge fan of the look of his work but i can not argue with the flow of the narrative in his work through his panel structures and i believe he is a master of composition. And see him as inspiration for storyboarding my own work. Ware was inspired by fellow american cartoonist Frank King, born in 1883 who is most famous for the comic strip "gasoline alley" published in November 1918. When looking at King's work you can tell he influenced Ware in his layout and flow of the story, he also was a master draftsman who had laser precision drawing.
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