Architecture

Architecture and comics share a fundamental concern with space, sequence, and storytelling. Both disciplines employ visual languages to guide movement, evoke emotion, and construct meaning through carefully orchestrated spatial experiences. In comics, architecture functions on multiple levels: as narrative setting, as metaphor for psychological states, as structural principle for page layout, and as political commentary on who gets to inhabit, navigate, and feel safe within built spaces. This chapter examines how comics creators worldwide have employed architectural elements to enhance their storytelling, while also exploring how the medium itself functions as a kind of built space that readers must navigate.