Could the concepts of “Writing Pictures” and “Drawing Words” also be applied to interacting with text and pictures outside of comics? How so?
Matt: Our textbook will offer new perspectives and insights to people working in all kinds of other media. The idea of blending image and text has obvious applications to graphic design, fine art, and information sciences like graphs and mapmaking. There are also parallels to animation, filmmaking, and theater—all of these share a principle of not relying on just one mode (writing or imagemaking) but instead create meaning by blending the two in various ways. Jessica: There are also individual chapters that will be of interest to illustrators (such as technical sections on ink drawing) and prose writers (like the chapter on narrative arc).
