9. Key Concepts
• How do comics “mediate” reality and storytelling?
• What does McCloud mean by amplification through
simplification?
• How and why are comics a participative medium?
• How do comics represent outer and inner reality?
• What is the relationship between words and pictures
in comics?
• How do comics represent time?
• What is “closure” and why is it important?
10. • Drawings substitute for things
and concepts
• Representation does not have
to be exact or realistic
• Our experience of the story is
mediated through the vision
(& talent) of the artist
• What other medium works
like this?
Icons & Mediation
17. Why choose comics?
What unique advantages does
sequential art hold for
storytelling?
What are the drawbacks and
limitations?
What kind of story do you want to
tell?