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Silent comics are comics which are delivered in mime. They make use of little or no dialogue, speech balloons or captions written underneath the images. Instead, the stories or gags are told entirely through pictures.

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Silent comics have the advantage of being easily understandable to people – like children – who are slow readers. The genre is also universally popular since translation is not required, lacking the usual language barriers. Sergio Aragonés, a famous artist in the field, once said in a 1991 interview with The Comics Journal: Silent comics tend to be popular in the gag-a-day comics genre, where they typically consist of just three or four images per episode. But some graphic novels with longer narratives also make use of pantomime (see Wordless novels). This allows for a more visual experience, where the actual meaning of the events is left to the readers' own interpretation. Some famous silent-comics artists are Sergio Aragonés, Chaval, Henning Dahl Mikkelsen, Adolf Oberländer, Wil Raymakers, Otto Soglow, Gluyas Williams and Jim Woodring. ==List of notable silent comics==
List of notable silent comics
Argentina • The cartoons of Santiago Cornejo (Corne). • The cartoons of Guillermo Mordillo. • Most comics by Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado) (except for Mafalda). AustraliaThe Arrival by Shaun Tan. Belgium • ''25 Images de la Passion d'un Homme (25 Images of a Man's Passion'') by Frans Masereel. • Balthazar by Bob de Moor. • Cet Aimable M. Mops (The Loveable M. Mops) by Hergé. • Fireplug kung fu by Eco. • Game Over by Midam. • Histoire Sans Paroles (Story Without Words) by Frans Masereel. • Love Story by Eco. • Het Manneke by Marc Payot and Paul Ausloos. • Maurice Rosy made a surreal pantomime comic about hat-like creatures in a seemingly Martian landscape in 1966, which never received a proper title. • ''Max L'Explorateur (Max the Explorer'') by Guy Bara. • ''Mon Livre D'Heures (My Book of Hours'') by Frans Masereel. • De Perfesser by Punt. • Plunk by Luc Cromheecke and Laurent Letzer. • Polo by Willem Dolphyn • Pollopof by Marc Sleen. • Poussy by Peyo. • Prosper by Ploeg. • Rik en zijn Veiligheidschef by Gaston Ebinger. • De Slag om Turnhout by Conz. • Le Soleil (The Sun) by Frans Masereel. • Southern Cross by Laurence Hyde. • Tales From The Vase by Billy Mavreas. ChinaMr. Chu and Aunt Eight by Mak Man-chung (occasionally makes use of pantomime). • Old Master Q by Alfonso Wong (occasionally makes use of pantomime). • Sanmao by Zhang Leping. • The cartoons of Tango Gao. CubaGeste Hypergraphique by Roberto Altmann, a comic book with abstract imagery, a surreal plot and symbols and freeform interpunction. While there are speech balloons it's unreadable gibberish, making it somewhat of a pantomime comic. DenmarkAlfredo by Cosper and Jørgen Mogensen. • The cartoons and comics by Herluf Bidstrup. • Chas by Frederik Bramming. • ''Ferd'nand'' by Henning Dahl Mikkelsen. • Rasmus by Jørgen Clevin. FinlandLämsänperäläiset by Wallu. FranceArzach by Moebius. • ''L'Enclos'' by Blexbolex. • Lily Sprint by Bindle. • '''' by • Malabar, the mascot of chewing gum brand Malabar, whose adventures were told in pantomime comics. The first artist to draw the series was Jean-René Le Moing. • Mistouflet by Aldé. • Monsieur Mouche by Rab. • Monsieur Pépin by Piem. • La Mouche by Lewis Trondheim. • '''' by and . • Le Pantin by Michel Alzéal. • Passages by Thibault Poursin. • '''' by and Lewis Trondheim. • Le Petit President by J. Lap. • Pervers Pépère by Marcel Gotlib. • Poustiquet by Bindle. • Riri by Maurice Chénechot. • Les Souris by Pierre Clément. • La Théorie du Chaos by Pierre Schelle. • Turlupin by Piem. • Die Abenteur des kleinen Ako by Klaus Vonderwerth. • Albert by Klaus Vonderwerth. • by Horst von Möllendorff. • '''' by Hans Jürgen Press. • by Becker-Kasch. • by . • Pascha Bumsti by . • Une semaine de bonté by Max Ernst. • Vater und Sohn by E.O. Plauen, aka Erich Ohser. HungaryJucika by Pál Pusztai. • Séta Álomországban by Bit ( ). One particular episode, (), took the interest of famous psychologists Sándor Ferenczi and Sigmund Freud. ItalySqueak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli. JapanGon by Masashi Tanaka. • Kuri-chan by Susumu Nemoto • Children of the City (街の子供) by Yutaka Aso (麻生豊) MexicoPedrito by William de la Torre. Netherlands • Adrian Backfish (a SF-story in the Doe-het-zelfdodingsgids of) Eric SchreursAnnemoon by Patty Klein and Piet Wijn. • Bertje Branie by Ger Sligte. • Boes by Wil Raymakers and Thys Wilms. • Gutsman by Erik Kriek. • Het Leven in Karikatuur by Leendert Jordaan. • Loeki de Leeuw by Wil Raymakers. • Mieke Meijer by Ger Sligte. • Pieterje Stastok by Steiner. • Professor Pi by Bob Van den Born. • Simpelman by Wim van Wieringen. NorwayGrosz by Lars Fiske. • Sshhhh! by Jason. PhilippinesBeelzebub by Malang Santos. • Chain Gang Charlie by Malang Santos. • Professor Filutek by Zbigniew Lengren. • Sans Titre by Jerzy Skarzynski. SpainCándído by José Luis Martin Mena, aka Mena. • Don Celes by Olmo • The work of OPS (pseudonym of Andrés Rábago). SwedenAdamson (known as Silent Sam in the USA) by Oscar Jacobsson. • Ba-Ba by Sten Rinaldo. • Gorillan Gusten by Jan Romare. • Götlund by Birger Malmborg. • Gus by Gunnar Persson. • Mannen Som Gör Vad Som Faller Honom In (The Man Who Does Whatever Comes To His Mind) by Oskar Andersson. • Mullvaden Malte by Jan Romare. • Dead End by Thomas Ott. • Geteilter Traum by Daniel Bosshart. • Greetings from Hellville by Thomas Ott. • Max by Pericle Luigi Giovannetti. • Tales of Error by Thomas Ott. TaiwanIchthyophobia by Li Lung-chieh. United KingdomBrenda Breeze by Rolfe. • Caesar by Tim. • Chicko by Norman Thelwell. • Come on, Steve! by Roland Davies. • Les Aventures des Deux Barbus (The Adventures of the Bearded Duo) by Harold Mack for the Marten Toonder studios. • Little Dead-Eye Dick by Charles Holt. • Louie by Harry Hanan. • Perkins by John Miles. • The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. • Sporting Sam by Reg Wootton. • THHRP! by Leo Baxendale. • Uncle Charlie by Peter Laing. United StatesAge of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado. • The Ambassador by Otto Soglow. • Doctor Bill by Jack Tippit. • Fox Bunny Funny by Andy Hartzell. • Frank by Jim Woodring. • Grindstone George by Clifton Meek. • Hannah by Courtney DunkelHawks & Doves by Al Jaffee. • He Done Her Wrong by Milt Gross. • Henry by Carl Thomas Anderson. • Herman by Clyde Lamb. • Hi and Jinx by Jonny Hawkins. • Johnny Mouse by Clifton Meek. • Little Farmer by Kern Pederson. • Little Umjiji by Syd B. Griffin. • Liō by Mark Tatulli. • The Little King by Otto Soglow. • Owly by Andy Runton. • Prelude to a Million Years by Lynd Ward. • Sentinel Louie by Otto Soglow. • Spy vs. Spy by Antonio Prohías. • Sticks and Stones by Peter Kuper. • Sticky by Dale Lazarov and Steve MacIsaac. • The Strange World of Mr. Mum by Irving Phillips. • The System by Peter Kuper. YugoslaviaLjuba Truba by Milorad Dobrić. ==See also==
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