When I first started doing The Buckets (and Hubris, for that matter) I was showing comic strips to friends and family so I could see, in real time, reactions to them. I learned that some people tend to see and read the whole strip as words and pictures. But I also learned that there are people (whom I respect as intelligent and interesting people) who see only one or the other. A lawyer I know would look through the pictures for the most part. An engineer that I know would ignore the pictures and read the words. Neither seemed completely aware that they were doing it, either. At any rate- comics that rely on both often baffle readers. (this seemed odd to me because reliable sources, like Charles Schulz, were quoted as saying that a GOOD comic strip relied on both together, by definition)
All that is to say: Today’s cartoon ought to confuse that part of the population who only connect with one aspect or the other of a comic strip.
Also, if you really want to know what the heck Sarah is talking about… My apologies. I haven’t any idea. On purpose.
When I first started doing The Buckets (and Hubris, for that matter) I was showing comic strips to friends and family so I could see, in real time, reactions to them. I learned that some people tend to see and read the whole strip as words and pictures. But I also learned that there are people (whom I respect as intelligent and interesting people) who see only one or the other. A lawyer I know would look through the pictures for the most part. An engineer that I know would ignore the pictures and read the words. Neither seemed completely aware that they were doing it, either. At any rate- comics that rely on both often baffle readers. (this seemed odd to me because reliable sources, like Charles Schulz, were quoted as saying that a GOOD comic strip relied on both together, by definition)
All that is to say: Today’s cartoon ought to confuse that part of the population who only connect with one aspect or the other of a comic strip.
Also, if you really want to know what the heck Sarah is talking about… My apologies. I haven’t any idea. On purpose.