Rating: 5/5
As a comics fan, there was a pretty good chance I was going to love this book. McCloud takes a stab at explaining why people like comics. What about them resonates with us? What makes them unique? How does this particular format compare to other forms of media?
I think what made this book work so well for me is the format itself. It is written as a comic book. This allows McCloud to utilize the page to show the concepts that he talks about throughout. Sometimes it is simple and seems unnecessary, but might be helpful to someone that doesn't read comics. And it is meant to be accessible for anyone, whether they are regular comics readers or not.
The book covers a lot of different topics from the panels and the space in between, known as gutters, to the passage of time and expression of emotions. Every single one comes with examples to guide the reader through his thought process. There are a couple ideas that I did not agree with, but it didn't taint my reading of the book. He puts it out there that the book is meant to foster discussion about comics and to get people thinking about the way they work. Everything in this book falls under that umbrella. It did a great job of getting me to think about comics with some more depth.
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