question 2 and q&a x 2

Describe the difference between a cartoonish face and a more realistic face in comics. What is the effect of each? What is the significance of their differences?

some artists draw with more detail than others in their comics. the more detailed and realistic an image is, the more separate we feel from it. for instance, when we see a photo of a face, we know it is not our face and so feel totally outside of the image. however, when we see a cartoon face with fewer features, we are able to see ourselves in that image and relate better to it. when we cannot see things, they are often a part of what we are doing, like when we are driving our vehicle. we therefore imagine it in less detail than we would see it in. so the less realistic a cartoon is, the more we can feel a part of it.



i also found the concept of closure very interesting. i wondered if, based on different experiences, people sometimes connected two images with something different. the writer/artist of the comic probably has to create a detailed enough sequence, or to include enough information in the images being viewed, to allow all readers to imagine similar closure. however, wouldn't that be difficult to do, considered the writer has his or her own experiences to draw from and could assume that everybody would close the gutter in the same fashion they would? i suppose occasionally people read things differently than others. i just realized this also happens in poetry and books, just there is not visible gap to close in those types of communication. it probably doesn't change anything drasticly, but could create infrequent confusion.