“The Arrival” has been able to tell a story without the usage of words. Firstly, one of the ways it tells the story is being able to show action through a sequence of images. This sequencing of images allows the viewer to understand what is going on in an orderly fashion. This is very similar to the way storyboarding works for animation and film, which practically does the same job of informing the audience of what is happening.  This sequential imaging works by showing the audience an image of something and then slowly transition from that image to another while making sense of how it’s done. 

It also incorporates the usage of much larger pictures that take up an entire page. The purpose of this is to give the viewer the whole picture of what is happening while the smaller sequential pictures a meant to lead the audience into this world that is “The Arrival”. Another thing that also allows it to tell a story is through the tone. The black/ white and sepia coloring of the comic gives it a distinct feel to it, as if it was old and antique. This was very interesting because it actually works well with the theme of “The Arrival” because it has elements of what I think is 20^th century immigration to American by may people. It also happened in the past so having a sepia tone works in my opinion.

Because of it’s similar format to storyboarding and placement of images, “The Arrival” can definitely tell a story without words.