This is a pretty amazing book that tells you exactly how comics work.
But I am too sleepy to say much else. Other than that the pyramid is cool (retinal edge, conceptual edge and the language border) and the idea that the more iconic the drawing, the better readers can relate to characters.
Did you know that both Tintin and Asterix use detailed background and iconic characters to emphasise the otherness of the setting and the inclusiveness of the characters?
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Understanding Comics by Scot McCloud
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lol... does one really need a book to explain how to read comics? i thot it was all pretty self explanatory and intuitive... or at least i got it the first time around...
but it could also mean that i'm more visually biased than most... ;-)
erm... visually biased makes you sound a bit like a pevert. ;)
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