Lab+04+Response

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****Do you agree with McLuhan when states comics are an extension of photographic media? Why or why not?****
I agree with McLuhan on his notion that comics are extensions of photographic media. Photographs are essentially art forms in the form of pictures. Comics are comprised with pictures and text. If photographs are messages, then adding text to it allows one to convey even more meaning than with just pictures alone. One could argue that text is an arbitrary symbol, however the essence of a photograph is to convey meaning through all elements. While texts may be arbitrary, I feel that they still have meaning, because it's meanings and relations are known by everyone who reads them.