An Almost Comical Understanding...

I've never really read much past the Sunday comics in the newspaper... I think I can honestly say that I've never opened a TRUE comic book. I've always thought them to be simple ideas, nothing with very deep plots, nothing I could really relate to, I mean, after all, I can't fly, sling webs, or create laser beam or storms from my eyes. So I guess to be completely honest, I kind of looked down on them and saw them as kind of geeky and childish. Reading McCloud's book has changed my thoughts on comics... I mean the very fact that an informative book was written/drawn in comic book fashion shows me that complex ideas CAN come from such pages. Likewise, we can take complex or serious thoughts, and with this medium add a bit of humor to what could otherwise be kind of dry. For example on page 5 in the lower right corner, he simply says "But to DEFINE comics, we must first do a little AESTHETIC SURGERY and separate form from content!" What makes the statement hilarious is that he is holding a double bladed ax. :)