We had an interesting assignment for Experimental Comics. We were to create a comic that is not a book or webpage. So, I created a set of four die in which you roll them and whichever side they land on makes up the story in the end. The biggest challenge was making sure the story made sense no matter what the outcome of the die was. I needed to make sure the die were rolled in order, so I printed them on colored paper and assigned them to be rolled in "rainbow order" (the chronological sequence of colors from red to violet). Since each panel effects the following one, I made it so they all had the same overarching theme, but the details were different, without referencing anything that happened before/after.
The premise of the story went like this:
1) A figure is going to create something on paper (a painting, a written letter, a song composition, etc. These were six-sided die)
2) They explain what tools they are going to use to accomplish this (a crayon, stickers). Not all of it makes perfect sense, which is part of the comic's charm and humor.
3) A second figure steps in and looks at it. The first figure responds somehow to them looking at it.
4) The second figure makes some sort of remark on the creation. This panel had a unique amount of creative freedom because it was the last panel, therefore, didn't have to lead to another.
Comics are sometimes referred to as "sequential art" so this was an interesting exercise in how stories are broken down into sequences.