8) Comics is most obviously a visual medium. In what ways do other senses participate in reading comics? (see esp. p. 89)

The sense of sound is utilized through the use of onomatopoeia, which has become a specialty of comic artists. When these words are read, the pronunciations sound like the noise trying to be replicated. So, when you read a word such as "thwap" you essentially hear the sound.
Also, the goal of comics is to establish not just, a picture, but an entire setting. The reader uses the pictures and creates their own reality, consisting of sounds, smells, and everything else.

Thoughts on spectacles

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The spectacle is able to subject human beings to itself because the economy has already totally subjugated them. It is nothing other than the economy developing for itself. It is at once a faithful reflection of the production of things and a distorting objectification of the producers.

Members of the band Rage Against the Machine mockingly saluting the flag on stage after a free protest concert right outside the 2008 Democratic National Convention. DeBord's aphorism applies because he is discussing the economy and the relationship between the working man and the governments and organizations that "regulate" their labor. The members of this band use music as a form of protest for better economic policies in America and the world. They represent the fed up and frustrated middle class laborers who otherwise feel disconnected from and resentment toward the deciders. This protest show was a demonstration and a cry out for fair treatment.