Comic Ch 9

Chapter 9 is the final chapter of the book and is about the process of reading a comic and taking all of the previous lessons learned or techniques used within a comic and making them into something more than still images. When applying the previous 8 chapters together within and reading a comic, the mind gives life to the story.

The chapter goes back to the argument that comics are a form of art and have their own style that differs from paintings, films, etc. For an artist a comic book may be a way of expressing their individual voice. It allows them to illustrate their individual perceptions on concepts in a large scheme or even on simple matters. A comic welcomes all to express themselves by creating their own comic as well as welcomes all to read and attempt to understand the emotions and ideas present within the comic book. Throughout time one can see the difference in artistic style used within comics and how they vary. A comic is an accumulation of visual with iconography, language and symbolism. But the most important aspect, or at least from what I understand, is the usage of "closure." Closure is the understanding that a comic only works when the audience incorporates their life experience into the techniques used in order to give life to the images. Scott McCloud states that "creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again."

Throughout the book we have learned countless techniques used to create a successful comic book but the writer or author must realize that they are only effective when, as a whole, their used with balance. The balance of the techniques also creates a balance of the visible and invisible. A balance of what the author incorporated and what the reader will therefore include.