Monday, September 10, 2012

McCloud Video

After watching McCloud's video about comics, I now have a better understanding of comics as well as modern and past artwork. McCloud talks about how comics were not only used for entertainment, but they are also used as a form of relaying important symbols and messages. He also discusses what kinds of comics and drawings catch our eye and what makes them important. This video relates to McCloud’s article “Vocabulary of Comics” because they both discuss the importance of using comics or images to relay information. In the article, McCloud talks about how what we directly see, is not always as it is. We need to read into images and figure out their real meaning. Sometimes simple artwork and comics have a deeper meaning and a more powerful message, we just have to look at the image with an open mind. 

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