Revised Narrative told without a voice: Take 2

I've felt that I've gotten a better understanding on how a narrative could be explained through visual imagery after reading Shaun Tan's graphic novel, "The Arrival". When first reading the story, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to see the theme of the illustrations connecting to each other but to my surprise my brain was able to pick up on the following image. The synopsis of the story depicts a man searching for a specific location that his spouse and child would be more comfortable living in. Since he doesn't know the destination of the place or his way around the landscape, he finds company in several people he meets during his travel and sometimes hears their own tales about they're background. It could be said that Shaun Tan's style of narrative could derive from what animators use today to explain their scenes called "Storyboards". Storyboards are a sequence of drawings of shots planned out for film industries and television productions. A key difference in these was that Tan's style was more detailed and imaginative while most storyboards are simple and staple just to get the point across to the clients. Another technique that Tan used in his book was the set color tone with the dominant color through out the story being sepia. The color was set to emit the emotion of a surreal classical setting. The variety of imaginative imagery also helped the story to reinforce the point of interest in certain scenes. These techniques helped to lead the audience to let the brain create the scenario inside their minds to follow along with the still imagery. It's one of the few pieces that I've seen that could creative a narrative without the use of type to reinforce the character's actions and emotions. It is believed that Shaun Tan's graphic novel could bring the question of having other novels and forms of media to still depict their narrative without the use of type or voice to push the actions of the characters.