Response to Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud
In preparation for creating my own short comic, I was instructed to read Scott McCloud’s tribute to comics. Prior to this experience I was neutral on the subject. I, of course, had always known of comics, but surprisingly had never picked one up to read… And now I wish I had. I’ve been exposed to a whole new world of storytelling. Storytelling communicated not just through words (books) and not just through pictures (film?), but a story told while artfully balancing pictures with words. Comics are just that — Art. As McCloud explains the historical origins of comics and their evolution through history, the intricacies of the medium abound.
An intriguing concept that McCloud speaks to is the ability to communicate through comics, but he admits the limitation of his medium and others. There seems to be a human inability to ever fully express what one feels or thinks to another individual. One can try through speaking, through writing, through comics, photography, film… there will always be a desire to more effectively (and accurately) convey one’s exact emotions to another person (viewer).
Michelle Liu and I created our own comic:
(click to enlarge)
Understanding Comics
Response to Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud
In preparation for creating my own short comic, I was instructed to read Scott McCloud’s tribute to comics. Prior to this experience I was neutral on the subject. I, of course, had always known of comics, but surprisingly had never picked one up to read… And now I wish I had. I’ve been exposed to a whole new world of storytelling. Storytelling communicated not just through words (books) and not just through pictures (film?), but a story told while artfully balancing pictures with words. Comics are just that — Art. As McCloud explains the historical origins of comics and their evolution through history, the intricacies of the medium abound.
An intriguing concept that McCloud speaks to is the ability to communicate through comics, but he admits the limitation of his medium and others. There seems to be a human inability to ever fully express what one feels or thinks to another individual. One can try through speaking, through writing, through comics, photography, film… there will always be a desire to more effectively (and accurately) convey one’s exact emotions to another person (viewer).
Michelle Liu and I created our own comic:
(click to enlarge)