After reading the “Understanding of Comics” by Scott McCloud, I came to realize that comic books go way beyond than what I expected them to be. Since when I was 5 or 6, I liked reading comic books because they were easy to understand and follow and fun to read than a normal book. However, I have never thought every aspect of comic books would have an underlying meaning, like how the comics are very simple not very detailed because people wouldn’t pay much attention if it is very detailed and how gutters are filled with closure.
It made me think that comic book author not only tells a story but also understands how people interpret different things. What really stroke me was how authors emphasize their story by making the pictures simple. As a reader, I always thought they made it simple because it was efficient, not to emphasize the character. even though the art is simple, the author puts a lot of effort into it as he/she thinks about how the background color, size, and many other aspect would present the story, not tell a story.