Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.
Vehicles pass through the tolls at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, February 24, 2014. Tolls may rise by $1 in April and another $1 over the next four years. Motorists heading to S.F. cross the Golden Gate Bridge, whose sign is reflected in a window.