As a kid the way i learned to read was from comics. my first comic was Batman issue 500 and i pretty much didn't fully understand the story from the pictures alone so i had to read the ballons to get the idea of what was going on. so comics have always had a special place in my heart, so when i read Understanding Comics i enjoyed it very much. Scott McCloud's way of explaining how comics are done and arranged only strengthens my idea to use comics as a visually intresting way to get young kids to read more. how Scott explains how simplicity in the drawing and the story can actually be better than a highly detailed and complex arrangement of pictures that can cause confusion.
The way he breaks everything down to illustrate how comics work is very refreshing and the fact that its done in a comic form is added sugar on top. it makes the book more enjoyable as a reader who loves comics and honestly finds reading novels and other books a bit boring, and the fact that he explains that comics is another type of art form made me so happy and gave me justification to explain to my parents that i want to do comics. the read was very enjoyable and i would recommend it to anyone interested in comics.
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