| Summary: | Poorly known, often despised, the worker's gesture is difficult to transmit other than by example. The written words, photography or cinema can reveal certain aspects of it but hardly convey the sensations, affects - negative or positive - and collective and cultural issues associated with it. Because it articulates images, that are not only figurative, and text uses original graphic codes, sequential art could be able to offer a deeper understanding. From excerpts of five recent works, this article tries to illustrate and analyze the representation and the transmission (from the worker to the draftsman, then from the draftsman to the reader) of the beautiful gesture, of the sensations and feelings (including social) which are associated to it.
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