The Next Act

 Inspired by: Uderstanding Comics The Invisible Art By Scott McCloud

Understanding Comics The Invisible Art By Scott McCloud has some interesting yet familiar insight about the instinct of humans to see themselves in just about anything. I recall several former professors of mine speaking about how as beginner artists we tend to draw our own face into every portrait. I personally made a sculpture of a man who by the end ended up slightly looking like my kin.

The point McCloud makes is that the comic is so relatable because the character don't look so specifically like "other" people therefore it is easier for anyone, especially with our aforementioned tendencies, to place ourselves into the character. My comic strip is inspired by the page where the author encourages the reader to follow along with gestures saying our face is a mask enslaved by our brains and does its will.