Understanding Comics Response

Understanding Comics Response

McCloud discusses how people should take comics more seriously and acceptable by adults. If
the art style was more sophisticated in comic books then people would appreciate them more. Years after McCloud's Understanding Comics, we now have more sophisticated artwork from comic artists working for DC and Marvel. Scott McCampbell, Jim Lee, Frank Miller, are just a few of the sophisticated comic artists in modern-day comics. These illustrators' works are appreciated by millions and have even been turned into blockbuster movie hits, video games, toys, underwear, you name it! I believe that McCloud's idea for a better future for comic books has been recognized.

I love the way McCloud illustrates his tellings of industry secrets, his opinion of the comic book industry and so forth. It's unlike other, more traditional "How to" or "Comic book this..." kinds of books. McCloud uses comics to talk about comics! How clever is that? Honestly it was one of the most interesting and fun ways to learn about an industry such as the comic book world. McCloud also talked about the cartoon vacuum and how we become part of that world when we are exposed to such media. For example, he drew himself as a simple cartoon but then in the next panel made himself into a more realistic style and said "Would you have listened to me if I looked like this?". This was a very clever way to have the reader react and understand McCloud's knowledge and insight into the creation of comic books that many people don't think of or simply overlook.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Understanding Comics. It was a fun and engaging way to go about the creation of comic books as well as Scott McCloud's own opinions and ideas of the medium. I agree tremendously with McCloud's idea of sophisticated artwork in comic books. I believe that people will appreciate comics more and have done so already. Given the fact of how huge pop culture is in our society today is a great indicator of that. The majority of pop culture is centered around cartoons and comic books. So much so that all of them have been adapted into other forms of media such and movies and video games.