Making Comics by Scott McCloud (2pts)

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 The high praise that Scott McCloud gets from the legendary comic book artists in the very beginning of the book is well deserved. There couldn't have been a better time for me to take this class considering I am taking a storyboarding class for illustration majors this year. After reading both Understanding and making comics, I feel I am very well equipped to make some amazing sequential art. Telling your story with as much clarity and interest as possible was the main priority for McCloud. His explanations and breakdowns of certain techniques was just as effective in this book as it was in Understanding Comics. I really loved how he would draw up a sequence that pertained to whatever technique he was explaining to further clarify his point. I also really enjoy the specificity that McCloud chooses to use when writing these books. Not only does he talk about the main priority of a comic; telling a very clear and entertaining story, he also talks about, transitions, text, layout, frame choice, angles, etc. Something I always struggled with was frame choice and layout so I really appreciated reading about that more. I always made my frames the same size and didn't change sizing or angle for important panels. There was so much material here and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to learn from it. I felt like I had no idea how to make a decent comic before,  but now I'm confident that I can create something great. 

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