Comm 203: Scott McCloud, Prepare for the Rapture!

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Mr. McCloud has done a great deal to bring his new vision of what comics should/could be. The main problem we face, as with any sort of medium, is those that are too zealous in what the ideas already are that changes cannot be made. Depending on the source, I commonly call these individuals "fanboys." People who see the way that certain things are and either fight vehemently against it, or work to keep it from ever being changed.

This contradicts McCloud's ideal of "Learn from Everyone" in the worst sense as many will choose for nothing to be done or too much to be done. It's a sad day when great ideas get replaced just because they aren't the "newest" thing to come out.

Graphic Novels and their Japanese-counterparts often seem to come to blows with their fan bases for whatever reason. Many protest that the art-styles and characterizations make it too difficult to mesh the two into one conglomerate, but if one were to honestly take the time to compare what is popular between the two they'd find several similarities. All in all as much as McCloud can push for his dream world of what graphic novels can be, it is up to the people to continue and implement it.