Connie Yang

Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Fellow in the Humanities

20052006 Forum on Word and Image

Connie Yang

Fine Arts

College '06

Redux: Graphic Novels Detached from Words

Why is graphic sequential storytelling (the graphic novel) not seen as a valuate form of art and communication in most of the western world? Connie is creating a series of graphic novel illustrations, without words. Her artwork will include a separate series of scripts will be written out, all with different stories and themes, all intended to elicit meaning that is personal to the ‘reader.