Chaps three & four.

Chapter three begins with the idea of "closure", essentially filling in the space not visible to the eye but visible to the mind because of previous knowledge and worldly sense.  I think it is interesting how McCloud describes this idea of closure when considering comics; the fact that our minds allow us to put together the story being told by fractures of both time and space.  He describes there are six types of panel to panel transitions; moment to moment, action to action, subject to subject, scene to scene, aspect to aspect and the non sequitur, each portraying individualistic characteristics.  He points out the fact that there exists differences in Japanese comics from our own.  For them, comics is an art of intervals.  What I found really interesting in this chapter is the comment upon the senses.  Comics can only offer a visual sense but we put together the story through our understanding visually.  Chapter four beings with talking about the sense of sound that the words in a comic create for its reader.  He comments upon the fact that the shapes of panels can insinuate specific meanings that result in a certain experience and even how the length can give a sense of time for a frame.  I find it really interesting how McCloud is picking apart the small details that seem so characteristic and common to a comic and exemplifying them with so much meaning.  It really does help the reader appreciate the comic form more.  He plays around with the idea of "real time" in exemplifying that comics can create a world of its own, playing with position on the page, not necessarily needing to present the story from point a to point b, as in real life. Duchamp is even mentioned as beginning the "systematic decomposition of moving images in a static medium" (108).  I like the fact that McCloud uses references to real artists and different type of art in discussing the comic form.