About
"If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this book is an epic.
Beautifully done, and paging through Duffield's work is distilled joy.
For anyone who values creativity and craftsmanship,
"Signal" will be a valued possession."
- Robyn Asimov
Signal is a 14 page comic, written and illustrated by Paul Duffield. The book is an experiment in visual storytelling that attempts to use comicbook visual language in a free-form way; a kind of "visual poem" on the theme of the human search for knowledge and other life, inspired by SETI, and Carl Sagan's series Cosmos.
The first hand-made hardback copy was donated by the artist to The SETI Institute, and sold by the institute in a fund-raising auction.
Samples
Editions
Signal is a self-published comic, and there are two different editions available:
Paperback
An A4, staple bound edition, digitally printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper with a matt-laminated card cover. Click here for the order page.Limited Edition Hardback
This custom, hand-made edition is printed, bound and pressed in-studio by the artist. Orders are limited to one per month due to the time it takes to produce each copy. For more details, photographs and information about ordering a copy, click here.
© Paul Duffield 2011
paulduffield.co.uk