The possibility of using comics as a medium to express my research was brought up in my latest discussion with my supervisor last week. It did cross my mind that I could potentially do a series of images to tell a story and I have mentioned before that this webcomic is inspired by what I am researching (along with my personal interests like pirates, port towns, etc of course!) but I realised I never fully embraced the idea for my PhD research directly.
I am very excited at the idea, imagining all the things I could do! Especially with comic research and linking it to old forms of sequential storytelling from ancient civilisations, considering image making was the first form of written communication. So I will consider that over the winter period. I initially thought it a bit samey when I learned that another PhD student of my supervisor is using comics for their project but perhaps it’s actually a good thing, I can take full advantage of an expert then!
I am finishing up my Cambridge art this week so I will be back to making the next comic page soon!
