McCloud’s book is a very interesting in its “self-analysis”–an equivalent would be a song that teaches you how to listen and write a song (hmm…) I found his writing about spatial disconnect and the species of media of particular interest. The way that time elapses in a comic book, in a film, in a song, and in practically every other media differentiate and I find that very fascinating. How one text can be translated from media to media is also really interesting.

I think a great comparison would be “Watchmen” which worked wonderfully as a graphic novel but didn’t fully translate as a film (although that might’ve been to the overly-stylized manner in which it was edited…less Sin City, more sucks). The film was just too “epic”…(less Lord of the Rings more Courtney Love on cocaine). Don’t get me wrong, it followed the comic very well, even emulating many of the shots…but that’s just it, it didn’t have that quality to make you think of it as a “film.”

Anyways, side-note: little known fact, but, I’m actually in love with Bruce Wayne. Yes, he’s a fictitious character…trifles!