ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the precedent chapters of this book. The book shows that the field of comic's scholarship and the discipline of Comics Studies, both more stable and more formalised than they have ever been before, must now look to determine their identities and their purposes. It presents that people might therefore profit from considering the common, the generic, the mundane elements of comics, how they are determined by creators, and how they affect readers. The book explains the similarities and differences between communication systems in an increasingly mediated world and provides a catalogue, of the multisensory elements of comics. The development of sociological approaches to comics and engagement with readers and producers using social research methods likely constitute a significant element of this consideration, as a more sustained engagement with the growing field of sensory history and sensory theory more broadly.