Relate what is said in this chapter to a work/artist/designer you have seen in lectures. Image, brief description, link to a source of information on the web.
Scott McCloud has made many interesting points in the first chapter of his book "Understanding Comics: the invisible art". He has described comics as a medium rather than as a specific object/art form.
Some thought-provoking quotes from the 1st chapter include:
"...comics is the word worth defining as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as comic book or comic strip"[pg.4]
[Ref: http://www.thehumorarchives.com/attachment/803/problemsolving.jpg]
"..each frame of comics must occupy a different space. Space does for comics what time does for film" [pg.7]
[Ref: http://www.denialinfo.com/geeks.jpg]
"...juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer"[pg.9]
[Ref: http://www.yirmumah.net/]
I personally really liked the way Scott illustrated the potential of comics as unlimited and infinitely exciting. He did this by describing all the common terms used in the "Arts" fields and how they were applicable in the "comics" field in that there are absolutely no restrictions in using any one of them in comics!
I.e., '...no genres are listed, no type of subject matter, no styles of poetry or prose, no particular materials are used, no particular style of painting/ drawing (black ink and flat shapes), no call for exaggerated anatomy or representational art, no schools of art, no philosophies, no movements...no ways of seeing are out of bounds!'
This reminded me of the week 2 lecture where we were shown slides of Van Gogh's work. Van Gogh was an expressionist and his work had a very distinct style; his paintings are alive with colour. Another artist we encountered was Salvador Dali who was a surrealist. Both the above-mentioned painters have their own particular style of painting, and I think what Scott McCloud is trying to say is that the art in "Comics" cannot be classified into surrealism and expressionism; they can portray both or any such concept- the possibilities are endless!
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