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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who came up with the first symbols to record certain commodities?
2. What color technique can be used to add depth?
3. Which French pianist devised the idea of three subtractive primaries?
4. When readers discover comics for the first time, comics act as as an ___________ between storyteller and audience.
5. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?
2. Describe the typical artist who starts with an idea/purpose and then creates art.
3. Describe the difference between the additive primaries and the subtractive primaries.
4. What was one result of the color printing used for superheroes?
5. Does the six-step path need to be completed in a specific order?
6. What happened to comics after the invention of printing?
7. Describe the origin of words.
8. Why do people think words and pictures together is more simplistic than either art individually?
9. What problem results from people believing that comics is a new form of media?
10. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In your own words, answer Scott McCloud's question, "Why should we try so hard to understand comics?"
Essay Topic 2
In aspect-to-aspect transitions, McCloud says that nothing "happens." Is presenting different aspects of a place important to storytelling? Why or why not? Do you think McCloud is accurate in saying that this kind of transition does not move the narrative along?
Essay Topic 3
The author notes that comics are not the hybrid of graphics and words. What do you think of this statement? Are comics their own entity? Or do they tend to fall into one category more than the other? Explain your answer
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