Both of the pieces by McCloud were very insightful into the realm of the Graphic Novel. Unfortunately there were some drawn out parts that lead to either confusion or just plain boredom. Such as at the beginning of The Vocabulary of Comics when McCloud discusses how iconic graphic novels are. Even though all reading have a chance of having this dull section in them, McCloud does do very well at keeping your attention for the parts that really matter. The history of the comic is very intriguing and holds the readers attention throughout. Also, McCloud does very well here with going in-depth yet keeping the information elementary enough so that expert knowledge is not required. So...
In conclusion The Vocabulary of Comics and Understanding Comics were both very insightful with how a comic is drawn and the history/definition of the graphic novel.
Also a quick question.... can we respond to someone else's post and have that count as the required post for the blog?????
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no, sean... YOU are not allowed to, but everyone else can.. hahah
HA! yes we can!!!! I got the teacher to back me up TO!
wait WHAT?! we don't have to post if we respond to someone else's blog? you used the wrong "too."
BOOO!!!!!!!! Its not like we are in a composition class or anything.
I agree with the parts of confussion, I found the Pre-Columbian Picture Manuscript to be confussing, I still don't quite get how that piece means what he said it did, but I'll go with it.
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