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Before reading the book, “Understanding Comics,” I didn’t know comics were so versatile. I always thought of comics as a book that are relatively new. I was not aware of the history of comics and how broad the term comics … Continue reading →

I’m reasonably familiar with comics. I grew up reading old Marvel issues and in recent years I’ve been diving more into the literary side of graphic narrative. Superhero comics are well and good, but the genre has a lot more … Continue reading →

  Scott McCloud seemed a bit reluctant to predict definitively where the future of comics would be as a medium, as their definition is fairly broad and their potential great. However, I did read and consider two different forms of … Continue reading →

Scott McCloud’s book really helped me to better understand what a comic really is; that it is essentially a sequential narrative of images with or without actual text. In this context, some ancient Egyptian stories carved into stone can be … Continue reading →

  There is no one way to define or explain the concept of comics. As this frame to the left is interpreted to saying that there can be different viewpoints on the process and meaning of comics. There will continue … Continue reading →

Have you noticed the prevalence of comic book characters in our everyday lives? From movies to T.V. shows to even toys, it seems as if the popularity of comics and their ensuing characters has skyrocketed. One thing we can blame … Continue reading →

For this blogpost, we had to read both a print comic and a digital comic – “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud and “Long Term Relationship” by Eroyn Franklin, respectively. Reading both of these made me look at a drastic difference … Continue reading →

In the first chapter of “Understanding Comics” Scott McCloud demonstrates how difficult it is to define “comics” and tries to explain each component that should be included. In addition, he mentions that “our attempts to define comics are an on-going … Continue reading →