978 (neuf sept huit) de Pascal Matthey

Today, in a bookshop, I found a strange 48cc comic book :

978 cover, Pascal Matthey, 5c

What's ? So, I looked inside : it's a kind of abstract comics ; like a mix of figuration libre and american abstract expressionism.

978 (excerpt), Pascal Matthey, 5c, 2013

978 (it's the first digits of books bar code), it's also a comic book de l'après surproduction (de bandes-dessinées). 

Pascal Matthey's 978 is published by la Cinquième Couche.  (more excerpts and a short introduction (in French) here.

ps : 48cc (48 pages couleur cartonné) is a term (of Jean-Christophe Menu) to denote the french standard commercial comic books.

Form / Structure

Not narrative, but an abstract sketch. I am working with some new source materials and drafted the structure below. It has a lot of the form I like -- grid, composition, dynamism -- but manages somehow to still be very static.

I am interested in how to extend this approach towards a semblance of a narrative, other than zoomed in snapshots. I've tried an algorithmic panel randomizer on this type of work before, and not sure I want to repeat. Any suggestions are welcome!

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