Aren Agocha Understanding Comics By Scott McCloud (3 points)

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        I found it interesting that the book Understanding Comics broke the ideas of what a comic is down to its core. It was quite jarring to see how comics are broken down into shapes and a small number of words into an abstract concept. I found it interesting that at the start, he broke down that we can understand and recognize the same ideas over again; even in its simplest form, it is the basic premise of a cartoon that is fundamental. Scott McCloud explained that cartooning is just the artist using amplification through simplification and still getting the major story across. The artist works with the audience's own experiences to fill in the gaps between pictures to create an idea among multiple images—it like taking numerous pictures in action. Using realism of the world is the choice by the artist, not a necessity for the audience. And yet Scott says the realism in the artwork is still stuck in the world of cartooning. However, realism has its uses; to contrast the simple characters' detailed backgrounds and relate to an audience. Like in the Japanese comic artwork, they have the details of the character and the background objects to make them seem more like actual objects or clothing.  It reminds me of the comic we read last week, The Arrival. There was a sense of realism in the artwork and the characters, yet it is not distracting. The world feels more real with its small details. The world was very detailed, with no text to guide the reader, and it did not take away from the story. 

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