01818cam a22003495i 4500999001700000001000900017003000900026005001700035008004100052020002200093020001800115040003800133082002100171245009700192264006900289264001000358300004600368336002600414337002800440338002700468490003100495504005100526520042500577650006101002650005401063653002501117700003501142700005001177856007501227942001201302952015401314  c28040d2801112366227EG-ScBUE20200211151438.0010402t20012001msua   f b    001 0 eng d  a1578064147 (pbk.)  a9781578064144  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdEG-ScBUE04a741.509bLAN22204aThe language of comics :bword and image /cedited by Robin Varnum and Christina T. Gibbons. 1aJackson, Mississippi :bUniversity Press of Mississippi,c[2001] 4cc2001  axix, 222 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aStudies in popular culture  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aA 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. 7aComic books, strips, etc.xHistory and criticism.2BUEsh 7aArt and literaturexHistoryy20th century.2BUEsh  bCOMAMEcFebruary20201 aVarnum, Robin,d1950-eeditor.1 aGibbons, Christina T.,d1942-eeditor.925200413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2001026171.html  2ddccBB  00102ddc40708BaccahaMAINbMAINc2NDd2020-02-11ePurchaseg689.00h34025l0o741.509 LANp000048598r2025-07-15 00:00:00v861.25w2020-02-11yBB