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January 28, 2008
Comics
I really enjoyed reading Scott McCloud's "Writing and Art." It really gave me a new perspective on comics. I always read the comics in the Sunday news growing up, but never really gave much thought to the fact that comics could ever really be something more besides little colorful panels in the newspaper. I never really thought that they could be made into novels, or even have much of a point to them besides to make a quick joke. I never really thought about how ancient cave art, art on tapestries, and other such historical pieces could be considered comics, but if you think about it, they really fit all the criteria necessary for a comic. This makes comics really an integral part of the history of civilization, which I find to be very interesting. I also found the fact that McCloud chose to write an entire essay in comic form. I found it much easier to read essays in this form, because the pictures helped to illustrate the point he was trying to make, and the fact that it was broken up into panels helped to hold my attention more affectively. Overall, I found this essay to be very thought-provoking as to where comics came from and where they are going in the future.
Posted by btrues at January 28, 2008 03:21 PM
Comments
That's true. However even though i was really impressed that the writer managed to tell the comic like a novel, i didn't really like comics in the first place. Maybe i was being biased but i think that at the end of the day the comic did enot fill as much content as a novel might have, but maybe the author has something more to say in the continuation of this discussion.
Posted by: limsy at January 28, 2008 05:33 PM
It was really interesting to think about, wasn't it? I thought like you, comics were just the strips in the newspaper and the things in "Highlights" magazine. That article really made me take comics more seriously.
Posted by: sutkowi at January 28, 2008 08:54 PM
I also really enjoyed McCloud's "Writing and Art." I definitely think that the comic form really helped him illustrate his point clearly to the reader. As well as it being interesting and captivating!
Posted by: amyljb at January 28, 2008 11:14 PM
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