Week 02: Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

 In this week's reading 'Understanding Comics' by Scott McCloud I learned a lot of tips and tricks I hadn't known before. While I don't plan on being a graphic novelist myself (But who knows), I do enjoy them and like to learn the behind the scenes research and analysis of comics.
     I was extremely intrigued when McCloud talked about how the simpler the character is drawn the more likely one will listen to their words and vice versa. If a character is illustrated very complex the person will focus on the character more than what they say. I had never even noticed that was something I definitely did until now.
     I also greatly appreciated him discussing how there are different rules and tricks when reading comics from around the world. I constantly get tired of the constant 'American rules are everybody's rules' that the art industry has a habit of saying, especially when touching on any Asian form of media.
     While I found some of the layout of this book complicated and a little redundant I really learned some useful things, that while I may not put into any sort of graphic novel, I can definitely consider when working on any illustrations of visual development projects.