Comments on Comics and Notes from Scott McCloud

from http://ceblog.sva.edu/tag/scott-mccloud/

"And what better way to reinvent the form than to toss virtually 99% of everything that's been done with it and start with a brand-new canvas, reinvent it from the ground up? Digital comics gave me the opportunity to do that, and producing things digitally gave me the opportunity to do that." - Scott McCloud

 

In the TED video above Scott McCloud, the author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art and many other works, gives a lecture about how our minds process visual information and this type of interpretation impacts comics and graphic stories. In Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, McCloud establishes the five arenas of clarity for comic composition. I think these five arenas can easily be applied to our theories about digital storybooks/telling.

from http://digitalapplejuice.com/a-photographers-frame-of-mind-why-artists-should-read-scott-mccloud/

Below his theories regarding the five arenas of clarity a comic that describes the five arenas of comic composition.

from http://spoonfulofhahne.com/panel-transition/

Consider which frame is more appealing to you and why, how do images contribute to meaning in physical (print) and digital mediums.

from http://www.transatlantis.net/blog/tag/scott-mccloud/

from http://www.transatlantis.net/blog/tag/scott-mccloud/  

More info:
Visual Rhetoric/Visual Literacy Writing About Comics and Graphic Novels - Duke University
http://twp.duke.edu/uploads/assets/comics.pdf

4 Comic Book Fan Theories Way Cooler Than the Comic Book
http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-comic-book-fan-theories-way-cooler-than-comic-book/

10 Digital Comics You Should Read Right Now
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/316799/10-digital-comics-you-should-read-right-now