Prologue: Language and Identity | LingComics by Ai

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by Ai Taniguchi

Introduction to Linguistics: A Graphic Novel

Updates currently on pause to focus on the L'IMAGE project --- will resume in the summer!

Manga style comic (black and white) with 4 panels. Panel 1: Background with a university; screaming speech bubble: "OH NOOOO!!!". Panel 2: Close up of Akari with tears in her eyes. Her brows are furrowed and her mouth is agape with a tense smile. She has both of her hands grabbing her head around the temples. Screaming speech bubble: "I failed the CCT210 assignment!!!" Text underneath speech bubble: "How?!" Box caption: "Akari (19)". Panel 3: Akari typing on her laptop. Speech bubble: "Maybe it's a glitch on the course website??" Text under speech bubble: "REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH." Panel 4: Close-up of Akari's laptop screen. It reads: "CCT210, Grades. Submission Details. Semiotic Essay. Grade: 45%." Text above laptop: "RIP (praying hands emoji)". Comical, simplified image of a "broken" Akari half smiling, with white round eyes.

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