Foreword ... 7
Avant Propos ... 8
Vorwort ... 9Alphons Silbermann
The Way Toward Visual Culture: Comics and Comic Films ... 11Rolf T. Wigand
Toward a More Visual Culture Through Comics ... 28Pierre Freshault-Deruelle
Aspects de la BD en Frabce ... 62Ray Brown
An Analysis of Comics in Britian and their Possible Contribution to a Visual Culture ... 79Ranieri Carano
Comics in Italy ... 96Friedrich Knilli et al. [FK in collaboration with Clemens Schwender, Erwin Gundelsheimer and Elke Weisser]
Some Aspects of the Development Toward a Visual Culture. The Example of Comics ... 109
[The Present State of Research on Comics in the Federal Republic of Germany. Translated by Gloria Custance]N.S. Mansurow
Children's Publications in the Soviet Union ... 144Leo Loveday and Satomi Chiba
Aspects of the Development toward a Visual Culture in Respect of Comics: Japan ... 158Waithira Gikonyo
Comics and Comic Strips in the Mass Media in Kenya ... 185Marta Alcocer and Alicia Molina
Mexican Comics as Culture Industry ... 196O.P. Joshi
Contents, Consumers and Creators of Comics in India ... 213Henri Fischer
Eriture phonétique et pictogrammes dans les bandes dessinées .. 225Achim Schnurrer
Comics und Merchandising ... 234Verena Dodker-Tobler
Zeichentrickfilm und Comics aus medienpädagogischer Sicht ... 248Demosthenes Savramis
Der moderne Mensch zwischen Tarzan und Supermann ... 254[NOTE: Each article is followed by brief abstracts: "English Summary / Résumé française / Deutsche Zusammenfassung"]