Fine Art Comic Strips - My progression with the idea so far

I have loved comics since a small child, and have continued to collect comics and graphic novels to this day, I love how we all abide by the common rules in their structure, like reading the cells from top to bottom, left to right, understanding the sequential imagery represents the passing of time, and the repeated image isn't multiple characters, but the same character, shown again and again further on in his task or adventure. These rules are simple and easy to follow, children from as young as two understanding them, but without them, the page would read as a completely different thing. In a purely conceptual sense, looking at a comic strip without this knowledge would be a whole new experience and could be interpreted in multiple different ways, much like a painting can be. So I thought about how I could bring that openness to interpretation to a comic strip, so that it could trade some of the clarity of storytelling, for a slightly more personal and open ended narrative. Perhaps, like a David Lynch film that does away with traditional methods of timescales and character portrayals, and uses dream-logic and abstract symbolism, a comic strip could say many things at once, and be read differently by everyone. I started making a few short strips in order to see if I could break any of these rules in an interesting way, such as breaking out of the grid system, avoiding speech bubbles, and being less obvious with the narrative.

The first of my efforts:
Fine Art Comic Strip 1: Proximity

Followed by two more in my sketchbook: 

Fine Art Comic Strip 2: A Bearded Man's Gasp

Fine Art Comic Strip 3: Untitled

Later I worked on a large bit of paper for another: 

Fine Art Comic Strip 4: A Walk From Night to Night

Details:

As you can see I start with some usual rules, like read from left to right, top to bottom, then quickly the images break out of a coherent structure, the story becomes less clear, and the intention is to convey a feeling or atmosphere, more than a specific event. I mix collaged found imagery with drawing to add another layer of converging ideas, and to subvert the idea of a comic strip even more.