Day 28: RESPONSE TO McCLOUD 7 AND 8.

In Chapters seven and eight of McCloud's Understanding Comics, two main topics stand as the central focuses. In Chapter 7, McCloud focuses on revealing the common ties between the art of "Comic"and all other forms of art. He suggest that all art consists of six components -- Idea / purpose, form, idiom, structure, craft, and surface -- which all together can be applied universally, with emphasis on various aspects for artists with different goals. In Chapter 8, McCloud brings in an aspect of comics that has, until this point, been left out of the equation, that is, the subject of color. He highlights the two main components of the struggle "Comic" has had with color throughout it's history, that is, the problems with "commerce" and "technology", and how these two restrictions have shaped the artistic use of color in major ways. He also focuses on the different uses of color, from the "four colors process" to color as an iconic / symbolic tool, to color as a means to express the subjective, and how they are part of conscious decisions that the artists make to convey different "vibes".  I found the notion that the cost, as well as the available printing technology, has dramatically shaped the use of color, with all of its potential as an artistic tool, as well as laid forth a context for situational creativity, very interesting.