Sin Titulo

Sin Titulo deeply focuses on a consistent narrative across 1,266 total panels and 160 pages. It never strays from the fictional experiences of Alex Mackay, after attempting to investigate the mysteries surrounding his grandfather’s death.  Easily compared to print graphic novels, Sin Titulo entertains readers with suspenseful and thought-provoking themes. The first-time webcomic author, Cameron Stewart, sought to practice this style of entertainment as a thematic exploration of form in comics. After several years completing commercial work illustrating several print comics, children’s books, and advertisements, Cameron Stewart and a few of his peers sought out the freedom to create their own comics. Finding webcomics to be a flourishing environment for self-published work, Stewart started writing Sin Titulo as a loose improv narrative inspired by elements taken from his subconscious. Webcomics provide the ease of publication for creators as well as ease of access for users [1]. Looking back on the comic after its print release, Stewart says his original intent was to develop his talents as a writer and illustrator, but along the way, Sin Titulo formed a mirror to Stewart’s life and thoughts, so much so that he refers to it as autobiographical [2]. This ends up creating a feeling of realism for readers, even though the comic may generally seem closer to dreams and nightmares than to reality. While narrative webcomics often seem to be determined by changes spurned from webcomics’ serial nature, this development was constructive to the quality of Sin Titulo’s story-telling [3].

The pages provided here in no particular order are exemplary of Cameron Stewart’s ability to keep his tone and narrative consistent. Over the course of five years, a quick reader might have missed Sin Titulo’s changes and evolutions that occurred mostly behind the scenes. Even though the comic was not fully thought-through from the start, he manages to reliably draw the reader in and have them wondering what will happen next. Sin Titulo shows us that narrative webcomic can change often over their publication, yet retain a consistent purpose when viewed as a whole.

1. Hand, Martin. 2008. Making Digital Cultures : Access, Interactivity, and Authenticity. Aldershot, Hants, England: Routledge. http://prx.library.gatech.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=270569&site=ehost-live.

2. “Cameron Stewart's SIN TITULO Makes Dreams Reality,” Newsarama, Published Sept. 19, 2013, https://www.newsarama.com/18979-cameron-stewart-s-sin-titulo-makes-dreams-reality.html.

3. Gabriel E. Romaguera, “Piecing the Parts: An Analysis of Narrative Strategies and Textual Elements in Microserialized Webcomics,” ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), (2010): 1487585. Accessed Feb 21, 2019, https://search.proquest.com/docview/837419788?accountid=11107