I have always been fascinated by stories. A series of events one after the other, encapsulated within a period of time, filled with characters who succeed and fail in their goals. And reading comics was one of my first ever loves of stories. I read Tintin and Asterix and was completely enthralled with their adventures. Asterix with its humor, Tintin with its adventure. It wasn't the fact that I liked the stories--it was a bit more. I was fascinated by what would happen next. Shifting my eyes from one panel to another. Being a kid and a slow reader, I would take my time in letting contents of the panel sink into me.
Now that I'm older, I still appreciate the art and the effort that is comic making. I am continually fascinated by sequential art, exposition and dialogue that make up comics.As part of my first post, I'd like to take the Stan Lee approach to comics and use it with this first post. Mr Lee, the creator of the majority of Marvel's superheroes -- Spiderman, Hulk, Et al, said that any comic, no matter what issue number, is somebody's first comic. Hence, this post might be somebody's first introduction to comics; I welcome you aboard and hope you too find your Asterix and Tintin, eventually.
Therefore, just to give you an idea on how complex comics can be, I'd like to post a video by Scott McCloud about the nature of communication in comics. Take it away, McCloud, and I'll see you on my next post.
