Nothing arouses greater bewilderment in my students than when I mention that I enjoy reading comic books. It’s as if there is a thought bubble over their heads containing the words, “Uh, you are a college professor and you like comic books?!?!” Thought bubbles are part of the language of comic books, by the way. Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is an attempt to explain the medium. If McCloud is right, then not only should you stop despising the form, you really … [Read more...] about You Like Comic Books?
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
