Linguistics and the Study of Comics

Frank E. Bramlett, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Bramlett, Frank (ed). 2012. Linguistics and the study of comics. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bramlett, Frank. 2012. Linguistic codes and character development in Afro Samurai. In Frank Bramlett (ed.), Linguistics and the study of comics, 183-209. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Editor: Frank Bramlett, UNO faculty member

Chapter 9, Linguistic codes and character development in Afro Samurai, authored by Frank Bramlett, UNO faculty member

Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? These questions and many more are answered in this new collection on linguistics and comics, which explores language and how the verbal and the visual interact.