I-IV -- Contents -- Foreword -- Avant Propos -- Vorwort -- The Way Toward Visual Culture: Comics and Comic Films -- Toward a More Visual Culture Through Comics -- Aspects de la Bande Dessinée en France -- An Analysis of Comics in Britain and their Possible Contribution to a Visual Culture -- Comics in Italy -- Some Aspects of the Development Toward a Visual Culture. The Example of Comics -- Children's Publications in the Soviet Union -- Aspects of the Development toward a Visual Culture in Respect of Comics: Japan -- Comics and Comic Strips in the Mass Media in Kenya -- Mexican Comics as Culture Industry -- Contents, Consumers and Creators of Comics in India -- Eriture phonétique et pictogrammes dans les bandes dessinées -- Comics and Merchandising -- Zeichentrickfilm und Comics aus medienpädagogischer Sicht -- Der moderne Mensch zwischen Tarzan und Supermann