In the Understanding Comics textbook I learned some more interesting facts about comics including information on what blood in the gutter and time frames mean. McCloud first defines closure and explains how it relates to comics and other art media, for example closure is "This phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole has a name" (McCloud, p. 63). Closure is important not only in comics but in life because it gives the ability to see the big picture. The gutter is the blank space between the panels, and this is where the reader can take the two different images and form it into one. There are several distinct categories that describe the panel transitions including moment-to-moment, action-to-action, subject-to-subject, scene-to-scene, aspect-to-aspect, and non-sequitur. All of those transitions offer a special way of delivering the story. McCloud explains that time frames appear between the panels when, "Our minds fill in the interviewing moments, creating the illusion of time and motion" (McCloud, p. 94). Also comics differ from culture to culture, for example when the comic tries to express motion American, European, and Japanese all use different techniques. Comics are inspired by everyday life and time, and they like to use it in their artwork.
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http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/
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