TY - BOOK AU - Varnum,Robin AU - Gibbons,Christina T. TI - The language of comics: word and image T2 - Studies in popular culture SN - 1578064147 (pbk.) U1 - 741.509 22 PY - 2001///] CY - Jackson, Mississippi PB - University Press of Mississippi KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - History and criticism KW - BUEsh KW - Art and literature KW - History KW - 20th century KW - COMAME KW - February2020 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - A diverse study of how words and pictures interact in comics to make messages. In our culture, which depends increasingly on images for instruction and recreation, it is important to ask how words and images make meaning when they are combined. Comics, one of the most widely read media of the twentieth century, serves as an ideal for focusing an investigation on the word-and-image question. This collection of essays UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2001026171.html ER -