Mr Octo’s Ice Creams’ - MA project.

Mr Octo’s Ice Creams’ is a wordless graphic novel that tells the tale of a sinking ice cream van, which once underwater creates a livelihood for an entrepreneurial octopus. This narrative was inspired by my childhood memory of a similar van cut off by the tide on a family holiday. I intended to solve the problem visually so the viewer shares the same sense of the drama unfolding before their eyes that I witnessed as a child. I visited Tenby to research this project and met Tom, ice cream van owner, who helped me bring my memory to life.