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Bruce Mutard's The Silence announces itself with striking economy: two faces — a dark-haired bearded man and a straight-haired blonde woman — flank a silhouetted building against a bold orange sky, their expressions guarded and quietly intense. The composition feels deliberately charged, as though the space between these two people holds as much weight as anything spoken aloud. Published by Allen & Unwin in 2009, this Australian graphic novel showcases Mutard's clean, expressive linework across both story and cover.