Understanding Comics

I really like that in reading this book that I can relate a lot of it back to the things I need to know for my Graphic Design courses. Especially the part about making Icons. It really did help me understand why icons work so well. But I must say that I find it fascinating when he was explaining why he drew himself in such a simplified way. He's right it does make it easier for me to listen to what he is saying. It is so much easier to relate to the character and to become apart of the character. As I'm reading that I just keep thinking how it doesn't really matter what the show is we all pick out a character or characters that we relate to the best with and we take on their roles as our own because we understand the character so much as to say we are them. I never really thought about that being something that was strived for in a story but it really does make sense because we really only invest into something that relates to us and makes us eventually feel better about ourselves and our surroundings. Icons give us something else to look up to, they give us role models to follow, but really only by giving them an outline. We fill them in to be exactly what we want them to be. I really enjoyed the way that he talked about closure, and explains how time moves in comics, stories and movies. It was kind of comical how he uses the scream and relates it to being a scary moment in history. It's just so nice how he relates to history and explains it, and I love that he only uses color when they are actually talking about color. The book really helped me understand more about what was going on with comics, and how they work and what makes them work, and why they work.