In Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics Chapters 1-4, he described his understandings of comics and cartoons. Many people read comics, some read them when they were little, but some continued to read them when they are still older and others would decide to choose it as their career. However, readers almost never consider these elements which McCloud is explaining if they are only reading comics and not studying it deeper. The method McCloud used to make this piece is quite interesting and different from others too.
There are many concepts and theories which McCloud explained would be useful in real life. For example, the way people’s minds understand the concept of a face in simplified form of a drawing instead of a realistic face. It is very interesting that he thought of the plugs and how it resembles a face. Also, the way people always think about how they look when they meet someone else. If a person does not look in a mirror for a long time, he or she would only have a vague idea of how he or she looks in detail. The gutter between the drawings is very interesting too. I have never considered the gutter to be useful until I read this piece. Then I realized that it is actually very effective when the gutter becomes smaller or the drawing boxes become longer when reading comics. I think that ice could use these concepts n media environments too, such as the color theory to pop out something. Playing with our minds and studying how people perceive different media forms is fascinating.