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CLOUDY

                                              January, 1996

Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics"
gets the McCluhan Hot and Cold distinction
backwards, which is kind of embarassing,
considering his title is a clear reference
to McCluhan's title.	
			
                                             	      
     Also, his definition of                 	      
     Comics as "sequential                                             
     art" is inadequate.                                               
     Really, Comics should                                             
     probably be defined as                                            
     "narrative art".                 The ambiguity                    
                                      in the definiton                 
     There's no need to               then directly                    
     engage in intellectual           mirrors the                      
     gyrations about why              ambiguity in                     
     single panel comic               what constitutes
     strips aren't part               a narrative,    
     of the art.                      a story.        
                       	                              

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