Representation - for the most part this is what the average person considers a picture's main function, the example used in the book is the cave drawings.
Resemblance vs. Meaning - for the longest time pictures took on the role of representation, as discussed above, and the written took on meaning. However as times change role of the written and drawn change as well.
Impressionism - not necessarily important for its meaning, but more for what it created. With the advent of impressionism came modern art as we know it, and a return to pictures having meaning.
Interdependent - "where words and pictures go hand in hand" (pg 712) this is a pretty excellent definition. however i think its actual effect is important. The reader has the written and the drawn working simultaneously to create some sort of meaning. this is neat as a reader can on some level respect comics as a conduit of meaning.
Words and pictures - The subject of the comic and an interesting concept as well. MIxing the two together correctly does in a sense amplify the meaning, or act as a way to better display it. So I think the authors main goal in writing this, besides bringing some legitimacy to comics, is to raise the idea that when used correctly the two are an effective medium.
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