There were a two chapters of writing comics we were instructed to read for class. Contrary to what I was expecting, both of which happened to be very interesting. I surprisingly learned a lot about cartoons through them. The most universal topics talked about all throughout Chapter 2 were icons, specifically the face, and why cartoons are so simple. When they are basic, the reader/viewer is able to more relate with that character. We see ourselves as a simple outline in our head while we see others in much more detail, and therefore see ourselves in these very basic cartoons. The speaker cartoon himself is very basic and says that if he were more realistic, we would be less apt to read it. Thinking about that, I agree 100 percent. Right now he is more subjective, but given he realistically resembled a human, it would be less of a concept and more of the physical world. There are two worlds we relate with - the physical and the conceptual. Both holding many different feelings, thoughts, and associations with each. I was very much interested in this chapter and became very engaged.
On to chapter 5, this chapter more addressed lines and the expressions they addressed. A line, shaped and modeled in different directions and forms, can portray different emotions and feelings. They can be shaped to look realistic or something very unrealistic in cartoons. These unrealistic symbols, such as the smell lines often seen raising from trash, are invisible ideas. They don't exist in real life, yet have been accepted into our vocabulary and are clearly recognizable upon sight. Cartoons are all about the art of the invisible.
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