pictures and symbols describe scenarios in very different ways. for example, in a comic book frame, a picture of a person does indicate that there is a person who looks pretty much like the person in the picture; but the presence of a speech balloon does not indicate that there is a large white round object floating above the person’s head.  the question i want to address here is: how do these radically different representational devices co-ordinate to deliver meaning together? (more…)