The accidental graphic novelist

As the title of this article suggests, Shaun Tan communicates the process of his creations as playfully experimental, exploratory, and as a quest to find expression to meet the demands of particular stories. Tan is inspired and often stands in awe of renowned artists who, like him, seem to engage in this process. Tan hits home in conveying the multilayered and complex nature of visual and verbal narratives that create a space in which author and reader can intersect in powerful and personal ways.