Week 2 - Understanding Comics

Mcloud brings up an interesting point, one of which I never thought of or had explained and I am sure many people haven’t. He says that time does for animation and film is what space does for comics and that is a good way accentuating the importance of space in comics. Also, many people view film as a more serious art form but that analogy puts into perspective the work it takes to make comics. Another really important bit was that the more simplistic the face the more people it represents. Everything is exaggerated. Show don’t tell is something I have only really been introduced to this year through this class. It is very important in comics as with many forms of writing not to tell too much and to let our audience figure it out through seeing. We must not assume our audience is dumb and does not understand what we are saying. Stories are most interesting and dynamic when we allow our audience to see rather than us spelling it out for them.