Looks like I'll be reading this many times over the course of my life! I've heard of Understanding Comics many times but never thought much of it, probably too busy, or simply forgot. Now that I've had a chance to sit down and read it, I feel enlightened.
Comics are what I want to do, simply put. I enjoy every aspect I know about comics and aspire to learn much more. Since this book is illustrated like a comic, that messages become much clearer in context. It's truly a work of genius.
Some ideas I am familiar with, but am able to look at them in a new or enhanced way, such as simplified images. Logos are simplified images, they are carefully crafted visual representations of a professional service, and we're meant to interpret that service at a glance, which is why the logos are so simple, but after learning that the more simplified an image is the more range it can cover in a worldly sense, I see now that there is much more.
Thank you very much for sharing this with us, it should undoubtably be a required reading for anyone in a media-arts major.
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