Flight Nineteen
A story told in Silence.
The Story
Flight Nineteen is a silent graphic novel by Audra Balion, BFA. Combining elements of steampunk, dieselpunk, and fantasy, it explores a world of twisted machinery, mutants, and magic. The story is shared without words, allowing the gesture, expression, and artwork itself to tell the tale. The result is a unique experience, quite unlike most comics, where the reader’s interpretation plays into the story just as much as the artist’s intent. Everyone will take away something different, and with each reading, different nuances come to the surface.
Follow the journey of Andromache as she joins the bio-mechanical revolution. Hoping to help her family, she instead discovers there is something far more ominous and dangerous going on. The revolution’s ambitious leader, Oil, chooses progress over safety, and Andromache must decide if she will free to protect herself, or stay to save everyone else.
The Vision
This challenging and exciting project was born from Balion’s vibrant imagination and from her love of both visual and performing arts. After writing and producing the wordless theatrical spectacle The Duet of the Mermaid and the Mime, she borrowed from this experience to create a unique and interactive adventure. Her desire was to take the physical, emotional storytelling of the stage and put it into the pages of a comic.
After exploring surreal and fantastic physical forms and creatures, Flight Nineteen started to come to life, first as a scattered collection of concept illustrations and then began to take form in a five-chapter storyboard. As the tale began to flesh itself out in Balion’s mind, more chapters were added alongside a collection of three prequel stories that serve to set the stage for the adventure to begin.
The project took over ten years to complete, winning awards and earning accolades along the way.
It’s up to you….
Accompany Andromache on her adventure. Walk through Basca Raan, the city of lights; explore the vast and bustling Mephistopolis, heart of the bio-mechanical revolution; escape to Acadia, the haven of hope against Oil’s tyranny. With every reader a brand new story is brought to life and now it’s time to join the journey. Welcome to the world of Flight Nineteen.
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