Understanding Comics

Write a response to your blog. What can you take from this reading that might have some relevance to your image project? Don’t forget to include two discussion questions.

This is a great way to think about how images might be used, especially when tied to text. Simplifying an image helps people relate to it more. I have noticed this effect in my own life. When encountering an ad campaign that features realistic-looking people, but the people do not look like me, I do not buy into the ad as much as I would if I could somehow see myself in the ad. Even ads that don't feature a human-like subject, but just a product, are more effective.

In light of this, I will try to keep my image/text project iconic; that is, I will try to make the subject relatable to everyone. My best idea right now is an environmental poster, so perhaps using the masking effect will be helpful. For instance, a silhouette of a person against a detailed background of a rainforest being bulldozed with smokestacks in the background. This makes the image relatable and powerful.

Could a comic, detached from a traditional comic context like a comic book or newspaper, improve an ad campaign; for instance, a could printing a comic on a page in a science magazine method of communication?

What is the potential of words mapped over a form? For instance, FACE mapped over a cartoon face? How effective is this mode, in what rhetorical situation?