Time Frames- Scott McCloud
That was amazing! I love that McCloud’s article, or should I say comic, drew my attention to details about comics that I have never noticed or thought of! At home I read the comics everyday and yeah…I had never before considered the implications of the text, the shape of the cell, their very presence! Like McCloud mentions at some point, cartoons are designed to look deceptively simple. Makes me wonder how these cartoon artists can not only come up with a fresh/witty idea EVERYDAY, but also determine the best way to translate it visually: there are so many choices to be made. I had no idea. It was very eye-opening. When McCloud was describing the ways in which artists try to get their readers “involved” with the scene, I was reminded of “Maus” by Art Spiegelman. This was the first and last serious comic I had read until now. I think it was assigned to me during freshman year in high school. Anyway, as sacreligious as it sounds, the book is about the Holocaust, and depicts the Jews as anthropomorphized mice, with the Nazis as cats. Anyway, the book is still languishing on my shelf at home, and after reading “Time Frames,” I think it would be interesting to revisit “Maus” with a more critical eye.