Comic art is a phenomenon of our times, widely read and practised. Considering that it reflects, even sets the trends of the times, it is important to discover, or rather, state, what comics are saying and how they are saying it.

In this project, an attempt was made to identify and define the means by which comic art attracts us. This project was initially titled 'Educational Content of Comic Art'. The term "educational art" was dropped because it was decided that the purpose would be best served by studying the art form as a whole. The term was restrictive in the sense that everything could be regarded as educational or not, depending on whether one means educational as 'schooling' or educational as informative. It was preferred not to define it as either, and therefore exploration could be carried out in directions that may not have evolved if one had stuck to "educational content.

The first chapter deals with comic art in general and lists some of its prominent features. The second chapter attempts a categorical analysis of content with an identification of the visual devices that prompt a category.