Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Avant Propos -- Vorwort -- The Way Toward Visual Culture: Comics and Comic Films / Silbermann, Alphons -- Toward a More Visual Culture Through Comics / Wigand, Rolf T. -- Aspects de la Bande Dessinée en France / Freshault-Deruelle, Pierre -- An Analysis of Comics in Britain and their Possible Contribution to a Visual Culture / Brown, Ray -- Comics in Italy / Carano, Ranieri -- Some Aspects of the Development Toward a Visual Culture. The Example of Comics / Knilli et al., Friedrich -- Children's Publications in the Soviet Union / Mansurow, N.S. -- Aspects of the Development toward a Visual Culture in Respect of Comics: Japan / Loveday, Leo / Chiba, Satomi -- Comics and Comic Strips in the Mass Media in Kenya / Gikonyo, Waithira -- Mexican Comics as Culture Industry / Alcocer, Marta / Molina, Alicia -- Contents, Consumers and Creators of Comics in India / Joshi, O.P. -- Eriture phonétique et pictogrammes dans les bandes dessinées / Fischer, Henri -- Comics and Merchandising / Schnurrer, Achim -- Zeichentrickfilm und Comics aus medienpädagogischer Sicht / Dodker-Tobler, Verena -- Der moderne Mensch zwischen Tarzan und Supermann / Savramis, Demosthenes