The document discusses the art of comics, beginning with a definition of comics as "juxtaposed pictorial and other images in a deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer" according to Scott McCloud. It explores the differences between realistic and iconic styles, the concept of closure and how readers' minds fill in gaps between panels, and the relationship between words and images in comics through seven combinations including word-specific, image-specific, and mutually dependent styles. Examples discussed include works by Frank Miller, Art Spiegelman, and Craig Thompson to illustrate concepts in comics.

1. The art of comics

2. Understanding Comics – Scott
McCloud

3. The art of comics?

4. The art of comics?

5. 1. What’s in a name
 “Comics are juxtaposed pictorial and
other images in a deliberate
sequence, intended to convey
information and/or produce an
aesthetic response in the viewer.”
- Scott McCloud

6. 1. What’s in a name
Sin City I – Frank Miller

7. 1. What’s in a name

8. 1. What’s in a name
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 “Comics are juxtaposed pictorial and
other images in a deliberate sequence,
intended to convey information and/or
produce an aesthetic response in the
viewer.”

9. 1. What’s in a name

10. 1. What’s in a name

11. 1. What’s in a name

12. 2. Realistic vs. iconic

13. 2. Realistic vs. iconic

14. 2. Realistic vs. iconic

15. 2. Realistic vs. iconic

16. 2. Realistic vs. iconic

17. 2. Realistic vs. iconic
Maus – Art Spiegelman

18. 3. Blood in the gutters...

19. 3. Blood in the gutters...

20. 3. Blood in the gutters...
 Closure: the tendency to see an incomplete
figure as more complete than it is.

21. 3. Blood in the gutters...

22. 3. Blood in the gutters...

23. 3. Blood in the gutters...

24. 3. Blood in the gutters...
Black Hole –
Charles
Burns

25. 3. Blood in the gutters...
“closure as blood, gutters
as veins.”
- Scott McCloud

26. 4. Show and tell
 7 word-image combination
 1) word-specific: images
illustrate words without adding
new, substantial information.

27. 4. Show and tell Stitches – David Small

28. 4. Show and tell
 2) image-specific:
words only add a
“soundtrack” to telling
images.
300 – Frank Miller

29. 4. Show and tell
 3) duo-specific: words and
images convey the same
message.

30. 4. Show and tell
 4) adding combination: words
and/or images amplify or
elaborate on each other.

31. 4. Show and tell
“Prisoner on the planet of hell” – Art Spiegelman

32. 4. Show and tell
 5) parallel combination: words
and images seem unconnected.

33. 4. Show and tell

34. 4. Show and tell
 6) montage: words are used as
parts of the image.

35. Habibi –
Craig
Thompson

36. 4. Show and tell
 7) mutual dependent
combination: the combination of
words and images conveys a
message that neither could have
conveyed on itself.

37. 4. Show and tell

38. 4. Show and tell