McCloud Ch. 1-4

In my opinion, i believe that "real" literature is the type of literature that one can receive a message or many messages. Along with these message, in "real" literature, one can connect their personal feelings with what the author is trying to say. Whether it's a picture book or a novel of fine print, "real" literature is all about the human connection with the author's words.
Before reading the first four chapters of McCloud's book, i had a very biased opinion about comic books. In all honesty i thought comic books were stupid and annoying and made the reading experience not as enjoyable. I found it annoying trying to match up the word bubbles with the characters who were actually doing the talking; and i guess, i kinda got the sense that comic books were the "reading for dumbies" type of literature. Before reading McCloud's thoughts, i never really aprecciated the creativity and artisty that went into comics.
Of course, while reading through these chapters, all the literary terms kinda got me in a bind at times but nonetheless, a lot of his ideas interested me. The whole idea on how comics use subject to subject, aspect to aspect, etc, etc boggled my mind. I never really thought one could go so deep into a comic book. Also, i really enjoyed learning about the idea of the blank panels. They truely intensify and and make the story come to life as a story would in a very descriptive and in depth novel. Going back to my ideas on how i thought comics were kinda a dumbed - down version. But as readers, we love to picture images from the stories in our head and actually, comics do just that. Comics are pure artistry is the ability to connect readers to the story through visual implications.