Paul Dersidan Design & Direction

The Word Of The Balloons

This comic book strips the visual narrative down to words and speech balloons. The black-and-white balloon-narrative style transforms the typically colourful, image-driven comic format into a new experience, inviting readers to engage their imagination and craft their own visuals.Hardcover, 32 pages • 100 limited edition copies • 20.5 × 16.5 × 1 cm — 8 × 6.5 × 0.4 in

Book cover reading The Word of the Balloons in white outlined lettering
Open book spread of black comic panels filled with white speech balloonsOpen book spread with the word AND in large white outlined letters on black
Neat row of black book spines with white title lettering
Six black comic panels containing white speech balloons and textGrid of black comic panels with white speech balloons and a long caption stripBlack comic-panel grid with white speech balloons and a central text panel
Two rows of black comic panels containing white speech balloons and textBlack comic-panel page with white speech balloons, text boxes and a caption stripBlack comic-panel page with clustered white speech balloons and text boxes