The Arrival: Shaun Tan

the arrival is gorgeous. the story of a man leaving his family to go to a foreign country to make a better life for them is laid out in this graphic narrative in beautiful style. I had to look through it a couple of times to fully understand what was happening, but i am horrible at reading into things and trying to get the deeper meaning out of things. When I finally got it tho the story became clear and I was right there beside this poor man traveling into a foreign place where everything seems larger than life and completely unknown. The images had so much depth and strength to them that they were completely foreboding and the feeling of uneasiness was so strong that i feel it by just looking at it. this is an incredible series of images and i would love to see more