Cohn's approach to the book permits a complete, enriching and captivating overview of the issues discussed.

Visual Communication

Who Understands Comics? provides a comprehensive and remarkably accessible account of contemporary theoretical perspectives and behavioral and neuroscience research on visual narratives. ... the promise of this volume is that it will inspire more research, certainly in the next generation of scholars. Cohn has mastered the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward and compelling manner, ... It is a must read for anyone conducting research on visual narratives, interested in doing so, or simply waning to learn about a fascinating topic of research within cognitive science.

The Journal of Pragmatics

Cohn's book takes many significant steps towards untangling a host of potentially conflicting ideas about how communication in the medium of comics works, for whom it works, where and when. These results, and the sheer breadth of literature that Cohn draws on to demonstrate his points, should consequently make the book required reading not only in the more specific 'application' areas that Cohn opens up for discussion but also for the field of visual communication as a whole.

Studies in Comics

From an empirical point of view and a comics studies perspective open to corpus-based and experimental analyses, the documented work can hardly be surpassed in systematicity and innovation, while at the same time standing on firm theoretical and methodological grounds in long-established disciplines.

Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind

Building on a wealth of data, Cohn bolsters his claim that understanding sequential images is analogous to learning a language. Impressively complementing theoretical expertise and literature reviews with his own experimental research, Who Understands Comics? provides astute insights into visual interpretation cross-culturally, developmentally, and neurologically – thereby moreover benefiting cognition studies.

Charles Forceville, Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

McCloud helped us understand the comics form, but Cohn delves even deeper, synthesizing diverse theories and empirical research data to explore the factors (culture, neurodiversity, etc.) that determine how readers engage with, comprehend, and react to comics.

Randy Duncan, Director of the Center for Comics Studies, Henderson State University, USA