'Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics is a smart, carefully organized, andexceptionally well-argued work of comics scholarship. I suspect it will become one of avery small number of truly crucial texts in the burgeoning field of comics studies. Thebook provides an original yet persuasive account of the relationship of comics andlanguage and introduces key terms and conceptual distinctions that are likely tobecome part of the common sense of comics analysis and criticism. It also explores theways in which comics have been used as tools of communication and self-expressionacross a variety of cultural contexts. Over the past decade Neil Cohn has published anumber of important research articles on comics that make use of his training inlinguistics, psychology, and neuroscience. The Visual Language of Comics builds onthis interdisciplinary scholarship but it also offers new insights and opens up newavenues of inquiry. Recommended for anyone with an interest in comics, language, andwhat Richard Gregory calls "the eye-brain system."'- Kent Worcester, Professor ofPolitical Science, Marymount Manhattan College, USA'Neil Cohn thinks about the comics medium and visual literacy on very deep andenlightening levels. In The Visual Language of Comics, Cohn shares his research andinsights on how the mind works when processing sequential visuals. It's fascinatingreading for anyone interested in visual communication.'- Carl Potts, Former ExecutiveEditor, Marvel Comics and Author of 'The DC Comics Guide to Creating Comics: Insidethe Art of Visual Storytelling