TY - BOOK AU - G, Sarita TI - Pictures that Speak : : A Compendious Study of the Poly-Semiotic Visual Language of Comics (Journal Article) SN - 0973-5208 PY - 2022/// CY - Chennai PB - : English Language Teachers' Association of India KW - comics | visual language | layout | image-text relation | representation | format N1 - ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________*** N2 - Abstract: Previously dismissed as an escapist reading matter, comics have evolved from a temporary novelty to a very dominant visual form of modern popular culture worldwide. They have later on come to be treated as serious literature that reveals a lot about the culture and other aspects related to it. Comics have a language of their own- the language of visual art. The paper makes an effort to study it as a separate and distinguishable genre, providing an illuminating discussion on the relationship between words and pictures UR - https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jelt/article/view/JELT640103 ER -