Translation (Une Semaine de Bonte)

By Max Ernst 

In the beginning 

mid day on the kings street a woman draped in black clothing enchants a rooster as it stands on a crystal ball.  

The rooster has birthed a larger form and stands over the woman who once enchanted him. 

the mysterious rooster figure enters a chamber of the dead and is greeted by another woman and another creature stricken with legs and a torso, the three of them remove a cloth to show a woman's body in a coffin. 

the two animal beings remove the woman from her tomb and a tree emerges from  its place the animals watch in amazement

a murder or sickness has struck in the rooster home 

the roosters retreat to their hide out leaving the woman's body hanging by her coat sleeve.  

The Arrival
By SHAUN TAN

How the comic can tell a story without using words.
    I think one of many things that the Shaun Tan's the arrival did right was the consecutive pleasing compositions in each of its panels.   Great compositions and pace I feel might be the most important thing about comics without text or dialogue.  

 I feel this way because without the context of words to ground the images the artist has a more thoughtful approach and variation to keep the viewer interested.

Along with the visual interest amped up,  I think it takes an very personal route by not having dialogue , it makes whats happening more impactful by because you know no one is coming to interrupt with words,  each action and movement produces immense impact . 

It gives you so much to interpret for yourself and how you think about the subject.
 A picture is capable of saying a lot more than words I don't think they're is anything wrong dialogue free comics a good artist if skilled enough can enchant and surprise or even disturb the reader better than a sound they cant really interpret on the same page, and never are there words to narrow the focus down to one particular meaning.