In this thesis, I explore how I can create an experience of duration and sensory observation in an experimental silent comic depicting everyday events, by departing from classical narrative structure. In the theoretical part, I examine phenomenological film theory, focusing on the concepts of embodied viewing and haptic visuality in examples of slow cinema. I look at how the principles of rhythm, repetition, pause, and duration can be transferred into the medium of comics. In the practical part, I used video to record glimpses of urban life and depicted them using the monotype technique, aiming to evoke a haptic effect and a sense of transience through the materiality and degradation across successive prints. The final result is a silent comic that presents sequences of everyday motifs, inviting the reader to a slower observation of the overlooked details of daily life.
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