So....

Am I supposed to talk about both McCloud and Blankets? Probably. So here goes...

I've just read from chapter 1 to 4 of Understanding Comics, and I must say, its pretty complex. I didn't know that comics could be so complicated. I mean, "Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence?" wtf does that even mean? Also, I didn't think that comics could have "vocabulary," until I read about Icons. Plus, this guy named McLuhan, who called TV and Comics "cool media," seemed pretty smart.
There was a lot to digest in this particular comic book. I guess what I got from it in a nutshell was how we (as media literate people) should learn to better respect comics as a medium, as an art form. It is a pretty kick-ass art form. So, until next time McCloud.
Blankets, as usual, was phenomenal. Chapters 6-7 continued exploring some aspects of Craig's childhood (especially the religious aspect) and his growing relationship with raina (finally climaxing in a sex scene, or so it seems; I can't be too sure). The one scene that really moved me was when the dad walks in on craig and raina sleeping together in the morning and starts to get pissed then sees raina's face, so happy. When he pulled out the family photo album, I could almost hear him let out a huge sigh. That's when I really understood how shitty it was for the members of raina's family.