UNDERSTANDING COMICS

THIS IS AN EXPLORATION OF THE HISTORY, MEANING, AND ART OF COMICS AND CARTOONING. USING COMICS TO EXAMINE THE MEDIUM ITSELF, THE AUTHOR TAKES THE FORM OF A CARTOON CHARACTER AND EXPLAINS THE STRUCTURE, MEANING, AND APPEAL OF COMICS, AND PROVIDES A RUNNING ANALYSIS OF COMICS AS ART, LITERATURE, AND COMMUNICATION. HE REACHES BACK TO PRE-COLUMBUS PICTURE MANUSCRIPTS AND EGYPTIAN MONUMENTS TO TRACE THE HISTORY OF THE COMICS AND EXAMINES THEIR PLACE IN TODAY'S POP CULTURE.