Comics are a form of visual language that has captured the imaginations of many since the early 1830s. Of course, one can think of visual language far predating the 19th century with Egyptian, Greek, Roman civilizations. However, the comic is a force of its own and turns out, comics have been influential in several instructional scenarios since the 1940s. Today, we explore the world of comics and instruction with Kevin Thorn, a visual storyteller, instructional designer, eLearning developer, Director of Development at Artisan E-Learning, and Chief NuggetHead at NuggetHeadz Studioz. Kevin has been a good friend of mine in the industry and we had a deep meaningful conversation about the power of comics in instruction.

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