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  • Abstract Comics and Visual Language

    Abstract Comics is a new collection of non-representational comics by a variety of authors, including my esteemed blogging colleague Derik Badman. Besides being a beautifully done work of artistry and […]

  • Memory, Experience, and Comics Comprehension

    In my last post, I discussed some traits of this quote by Chris Ware found from this blog post “I don’t like to think of my work as ‘cinematic.’ A […]

  • How active is comic comprehension versus film?

    Dash Shaw writes an interesting post delving into the “cinematic” nature of comics that explores thoughts from authors like Chris Ware with many insightful quotes. Relevant to some of this […]

  • (^_^) … Emoticons and the Brain

    Masahide Yuasa, Keiichi Saito,Naoki Mukawa. 2006. Emoticons convey emotions without cognition of faces: an fMRI study. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. April 22-27, 2006. Montréal, Québec, Canada Related […]

  • Comic-Con 09: Action Stars!

    I am excited to say that my panel at Comic-Con next week should be a fun one. I’ll be on the Comics Theory panel in room 30AB on Thursday at […]

  • WGBH Boston: One Guest Interview

    A few months back I recorded an interview with WGBH Boston that has finally come online: They went with the “not just for kids” lines a bit, but it was […]

  • Comics and Film: A Narrative Perspective

    Christiansen, Hans-Christian. 2000. Comics and Film: A Narrative Perspective. In Comics and Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics, edited by A. Magnussen and H.-C. Christiansen. Copenhagen: Museum of Tusculanum […]

  • 7 Years!

    Oop, looks like I forgot to post a couple weeks ago on 5/31 that this website hit its 7th birthday! Whoohooo  — belated celebration! Not much time to blog these […]

  • What is “Visual Language”? Video Talk

    A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the University of Toronto about my theories of visual language hosted by the Knowledge Media Design Institute. […]

  • Cartoony vs. Realistic Images in the Brain

    Choi, Yeojeong, Kim, Takhwan, & Jaeseung Jeong. 2008. “EEG Source Localization during Empathy of Iconic and Realistic Cartoon Characters.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Melbourne, Australia ,15-19 June, 2008 […]