![]() ![]() Scott spends a portion of the chapter discussing the evolution of show vs. With this perspective we can begin to see how different artists use these principles to generate an experiential art form. But these categories do help us to group the varying styles of communication well as understand the ways in which words and pictures complement one another. This can make analysis somewhat difficult as the lines are often blurred between these categories. The range between show and tell is vast and muiltifaceted. Often times there is never one explicit way to define a single page or an entire comic using these categories. In chapter 6 of Understanding Comics, Scott generates six categories depicting ways words and pictures can interact. Here is an example demonstrating the same comic drawn from both ends of the communicative spectrum. Within the world of comics, using words and images interchangeably, depending on their juxtaposition, will allow for the most effective and influential communication. McCloud demonstrates in his most well known work, Understanding Comics, how show and tell can be seen as equal and polar opposites comprising the spectrum of communication. In any form of communication, there is a methodological spectrum within which one may communicate ideas, feeling, stories etc. Words and pictures in combination may not be Scott McCloud’s definition of comics, but it’s safe to say most people would deem it a fair synopsis. ![]()
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