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Comics Deal With Two Fundamental Communicating Devices: Words And Images. Admittedly This Is An Arbitrary Separation. But, Since In The Modern World Of Communication They Are Treated As Independent Disciplines, It Seems Valid. Actually, The Are Derivatives Of A Single Origin And In The Skillful Employment Of Words And Images Lies The Expressive Potential Of The Medium.

Humor Has Historically Been Tied To The Mores Of The Day. The Yellow Kid Was Predicated On What People Thought Was Funny About The Immigrant Irish. When You're Different In A Society, You're Funny.

We Have This History Of Impossible Solutions To Insoluble Problems.

The Term Comics Long Ago Became Obsolete And Inaccurate. It Merely Defined The Content Of The Early Joke-based Comical Strips. Sequential Art Is A More Accurate Description Of The Form. I First Suggested It Because I Believed Something Needed To Be Done To Correct The Feeling Of Inferiority By Artists And Writers In This Field.

As For Me, I Am In Pursuit Of Excellence. I Have No Time To Get Old.