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images other than those in which they appear, and the lines and arrows in turn
shape the meaning of said images. This is an example of MALM possessing what
Groensteen would term Iconic Solidarity, which he describes thus:
I define this as independent images that, participating in a series,
present the double characteristic of being separated – this specification
dismisses unique enclosed images within a profusion of patterns or
anecdotes – and which are plastically and semantically over-
determined by the fact of their coexistence in praesentia. 7
This “over-determination” or change in meaning comes not just from the content of
the images, or even the specific symbols within them, as demonstrated above, but
also from their relative positioning and the spacing/separation between them.
In the specific case of page 10, the black circular arrow in the top right hand
corner has several influences on meaning, some generated by its