Attached Link: The Mr. Nile Experiment

'Black and white comics don't leave much room for graduated tone, so perhaps the absolutes of good and bad were more amplified. With photographs, it is more difficult to be so absolutely rigid. If the art in the comics becomes more realistic in appearance, it is possible that the stories being told will also have more flexibility in interpretation and more depths to explore. Possible.' Fascinating notion! Cartoonists have been relatively successful in projecting complex psychological states onto simple cartoon characters-- Peanuts and Maus being obvious examples. But doing the reverse, projecting simplistic one-dimensional characterization onto realistically-rendered characters, is much more difficult. What appeals to me about photography and photo-realistic art, though, is the sense of objectivity. In a more objective mode of storytelling, the psychological states of the characters aren't immediately known, and part of the fascination of watching the story unfold is the game of infering the characters' personalities from their words and actions. Carolly, if you enjoy comics that play with the 'fourth wall,' you might enjoy the Mr. Nile Experiment (link above.)