freelance paradigm

I have developed a habit to watch TED talks and then order books by those speakers. Quite recently I have found Scott McCloud, a prominent figure in the world of (American) comics and his book Understanding Comics which is soooo much more than just a comic book about comics.

I believe there is almost no child in western world that hasn't come in touch with comics sometime in his/hers childhood. For most of the youth in my country comics by Miki Muster provided an enchanted world of adventures by three amusing charachters: Trdonja the turtle, Zvitorepec the fox and Lakotnik the wolf. I remember that at age 10 or 11 there was nothing that could keep me away from those comics. This was my first 'serious' reading.

[/IMG]Now the book by Scott McCloud provides not only a very good insight into the realm of comics, but also a very good theory how visual communication and art-making work. The explanation is so straight-to-the-point that it could be valued even by people who never read comics and so simple (=elegant), that it could be only done by a genius. I will read this book again, for sure!