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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,         COOL
considering his title is a clear reference
to McCluhan's "Understanding Media".


     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 don't qualify.            a narrative,
                                      a story.
                                              
                                         SENSE_OF_CLOSURE     
                

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