Sometimes the absence of words can speak just as loudly. Neuenschwander reproduced pages of the Walt Disney–produced Brazilian comic book Zé Carioca, banishing figures from each frame with a monochrome background and draining the word balloons. The result, a comic reduced to its most basic formal elements, is a response to Disney’s erasure of Brazilian culture through the use of racial stereotypes—and an opportunity for viewers to write their own stories.

Submitted by Jason Persse, Editorial Manager, Creative Team