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As an art aficionado, I resonated with Scott McCloud’s book, Understanding Comics. More specifically, I resonated with the idea he presented regarding the fact that as soon as our society creates a clear definition of what comics are, we will … Continue reading →

I didn’t read Scott McCloud’s Understand Comics in print, but I did read a lot of the comics in class. For me, some of those comics felt great to read because of the lamination feel of the paper. Whereas, others … Continue reading →

The future of comics – as stated by Scott McCloud in this image, “…virtually impossible to predict” in which I completely agree with. As Scott McCloud also speaks to the incredibly varied past forms of art and specifically comics, he … Continue reading →

Comics are having a harder and harder time finding their place among modern media. Just like McCloud points out on page 65, “In film, closure takes place continuously– twenty-four times per second, in fact– as our minds, aided by the … Continue reading →

When reading Scott McCloud’s book Understanding Comics, it made me realize that comics is a artform, along with a type of literature, just as books are.  There are many stereotypes regarding comics, such as they are children’s books or what … Continue reading →

When first reading Scott McCloud’s printed book, “Understanding Comics,” I had some trouble figuring out how to read and follow along with a comic as it had been so long since I have actually read one. But once I got … Continue reading →

In chapter one of Understanding Comics, I learned about comics and the influence that they have over their readers because it combines both pictures and words together to create an animation. Comics can be in a book, a magazine, a … Continue reading →

Honestly, I’m not really sure what the future of comics will be. As it has always been, print remains a very expensive form of work. There are times where it is cost-effective. But if you are an up and coming … Continue reading →

When we were assigned Understanding Comics, I was very skeptical at first. I’d only ever read one comic, which was Maus by Art Spiegelman. That comic is about what the Jewish people went through during the Holocaust, and after reading it, I knew no … Continue reading →

Throughout the first chapter of Scott McCloud’s, Understanding Comics, Scott explains to the readers what separates a comic from other forms of media. McCloud first attempts to create a definition that specifically fits “comics”. He does this to show that the … Continue reading →