This document provides a brief overview of various manga and comic book artists and works, including Akira Toriyama who created Dragonball, CLAMP who created Cardcaptor Sakura, Rumiko Takahashi who created Ranma 1/2, and Yoshito Usui who created Crayon Shin-Chan. It also mentions Junko Mizuno, Hergé who created Tintin, Miwa Ueda's Peach Girl, Taniguchi's The Man Who Walks, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, Will Eisner's Comics & Sequential Art, Jim Woodring's Frank, John Byrne, Dave Sim and Gerhard's Cerebus, and Goscinny and U

2. Akira Toriyama (Japan, 1955-), Dragonball (1984-1995)

4. CLAMP, Cardcaptor Sakura

5. Shojo Shonen

6. Rumiko Takahashi (Japan, 1957-), Ranma 1/2

7. Crayon Shin-Chan (1992-) by Yoshito Usui

11. Junko Mizuno (Japan, 1973-)

12. HERGÉ Georges Remi (Belgium, 1907-1983)

41. The Language of Comics

42. Panel Tier Speech balloon Gutter

44. Reading Pictures

46. Closure

52. Visual Metaphor

53. CHANTAL MONTELLIER

54. DAVID B.

56. Conventional Signs

58. MIWA UEDA, Peach Girl

59. Picture + Picture = Comics

63. TANIGUCHI The Man Who Walks

68. Syntax & Grammar

71. KATSUHIRO OTOMO Akira

73. Words + Pictures

76. WILL EISNER Comics & Sequential Art

77. JIM WOODRING Frank

78. JOHN BYRNE

80. DAVE SIM & GERHARD, Cerebus

81. DAVE SIM & GERHARD, Cerebus

82. GOSCINNY & UDERZO, Asterix the Legionary