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Scott McLoud’s “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art” was quite interesting.  Not only was it written in comic form, it brought up many good points about the simplicity of comic-like writings.  Also, I concluded from the article how juxtaposing text with pictures is most successful when the pictures are straightforward and not too detailed.  According to McLoud, “The more cartoony a face is, the more people it could be said to describe.”  This is probably the reason why cartoon characters are so appealing because more people can relate to them.  Another interesting aspect the article brought up was how the audience relates with the messenger of information.  The author, or in this case, the character relaying the message in this article is so simple in style.  Then, in a following image, the author portrays himself more detailed and shaded to look like an actual man.  McLoud asks the question, “Would you have listened to me if I looked like this?”  I thought this was a very interesting concept.  I don’t think I would have taken as much away from the article if the messenger looked more like a real-life man.  I wonder why this is.