My favorite part of this speech (that wasn't directly in Understanding Comics) is the exploration of future forms of comics. Online comics are now everywhere, and I think its important we do maintain the difference between comics, and new emerging media. McCloud talks mostly about the necessity for space in comics to maintain its relationship to time, and discusses that motion within a panel defeats the idea of moving from one panel to another. I understand that visual the space is the same with sound, but I have a problem with the new motion comics Marvel has been releasing. They exist as an awkward demi medium between animation and comics. Its important to choose which elements should be added into a new medium, and i'm glad he explores the reasons why some forms work and some don't.
My father always said that one generation studied science so that the next could have the opportunity to turn around and waste it all on the arts.
Chloe,
ReplyDeleteWhen you have time, it might be useful for you to go back over UNDERSTANDING COMICS and do a more comprehensive report, bullet-pointing vocabulary and points with page numbers, that McCloud highlights. If you transfer to Gallatin, then you may want to use UNDERSTANDING COMICS as part of your senior Colloquium rationale and booklist. Therefore, it would be helpful for you to be able to go back to your blog report and see a more comprehensive outline on UNDERSTANDING COMICS. Again, you only need to do bullet points like Myles did in his BLOG report.
Cynthia