The value of Understanding Comics in the context of Animation is multifaceted. On the one hand, the medium surpasses the technical capabilities of comics, as movement is more fluidly communicated. However, there are direct parallels between the process, or “six steps”, involved in creating any art form, outlined by the authors that are directly applicable to animation – particularly as these are both visual media. Iconography, distortion of reality, and closure (topics covered in chapters 2 and 3) are also directly applicable to animation, as they are narrative mechanisms unique to visual media, regardless of their fluid or disjointed use of time. In my opinion, the beauty Scott sees in comics, in their capacity to engage the five senses our emotions, are directly pertinent to animation as well. Scott’s trepidation for over-writing comics can be directly transposed to the sentiment that animation directors should not rely on exposition to tell their story (A brilliant example of this is Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal )- both should rely on their use of images to facilitate engagement, particularly through the use of color. Overall, I found Understanding Comics to be an ideological repetition of the tenants we learned in class – well packaged in an engaging comic style.