Scott mccloud graphic novel5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() In the book Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud has specified the different types of closure, depending on the various methods of page distribution, as follows: Closure in comics is why comics falls under the category of cool media: Comics requires the reader to be constantly interacting with visual aspects and filling in the gaps between them, whereas in film (a hot medium), two actions are connected visually by the medium itself, rather than mentally by the user, creating a seamless effect. ![]() The reader observes two separate panels and mentally pieces together what happens in between them, even though there is no panel containing what actually happened in between. ![]() In other words, closure is the act of mentally filling in the gaps of what we observe, thus allowing readers to comprehend the action and meaning between two seemingly unrelated panels. Closure in comics is the "phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole" (McCloud, pg. ![]()
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