Before Comics: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
A look at the Egyptian Book of the Dead as a piece of sequential art.
A look at the Egyptian Book of the Dead as a piece of sequential art.
Originating around 2,500 BCE, the Standard of Ur is one of the earliest examples of sequential art that we have. While there is earlier art that is definitely narrative, it is not clearly sequential. The ...
Narrative art stretches back 44,000 years. We humans like to tell stories with images. And we like animals.