Comics is a language, and science says so

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/dec/29-the-charlie-brown-effect#.ULkYbIap548

We've always known this, but it's encouraging to know that scientists are working to verify and even create a field of study around the topic. Our brains decode comics in the same way they do sentences.

I spoke about this (less scientifically) in a talk I led at Ignite Great Lakes: Ignite Great Lakes — Jerzy Drozd: Comics are Great

Hat tip to +Dan Merritt for the link.

#comics #literacy

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