Eisner and McCloud

After reading all of the PDF’s by Eisner and McCloud, I feel I have been provided with an insight on the world comics and how they are made successful. Although I personally am not particularly prone to read comics, I feel they are just as worthy as a novel or movie. Until reading these documents, I was unaware of all the work required to complete a successful comic strip.
As a child, I would occasionally glance in the Sunday morning paper to read the funny pages but that is the extent of my experiences with comics besides working with them a bit in English 1105. Through this course I learned that they are used visually to convey messages and are often successful as we are more likely to take the time to look at a persuasive visual such as a comic over an essay. However, after reading Eisner and McCloud’s pieces on the production of comics I see just how involved they are. Not only does the arrangement and font used for the text set the tone for the comic strip but the amount of frames also plays a huge determining factor. In addition, as Eisner pointed out, the amount of space between each frame sets the pace for the overall comic. These are things in which I have never considered but now understand important they are in the drawing of these pieces.
I found it very interesting how McCloud pointed out that we as humans are very selfish and associate every image with our own features. I believe this is very true and agree with him that it does play a factor in our giving meanings to images. Although comic strips are not something which I would read for pleasure, I believe much talent is required in completing a successful comic and there is a need for greater appreciation of them.