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Comics, or sequential storytelling through images, is the original medium that established artistic techniques and habits of perception widely used and integrated in the mass consciousness of modern audiences. The method of telling a story through a series of sequential images now commonly used as a visual language that is well understood by contemporary readers and viewers.

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Rall, H. (2013). Information Graphics and Comics. In: Weber, W., Burmester, M., Tille, R. (eds) Interaktive Infografiken. X.media.press. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15453-9_10

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