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The Visual Language of Comics Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.

Paperback • 2014 • English

The Visual Language of Comics Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.

By Neil Cohn

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About the book

Drawings and sequential images are an integral part of human expression dating back at least as far as cave paintings, and in contemporary society appear most prominently in comics. Despite this fundamental part of human identity, little work has explored the comprehension and cognitive underpinnings of visual narratives—until now. This work presents a provocative theory: that drawings and sequential images are structured the same as language. Building on contemporary theories from linguistics a...Show more

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ISBN

9781441181459

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The Visual Language of Comics Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.

Format

Paperback

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