Blood in the gutter is the name of my favorite chapter from the book where scott explains what constitutes the magic and the mystery of comics through a concept called closure.
Blood in the gutter mccloud.
The third chapter of the comic done by scott mccloud talks about closure.
It is left up to us to decide what exactly happened between these.
Our imagination takes the two images that boarder the gutter and transforms then into a single idea.
He or she will get to fill the space through imagination.
In effect the panel and gutter have less to do with the actual process of closure that is perceiving the whole from parts and more to do with indicating what is a part.
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Blood in the gutter by scott mccloud.
Here we see an example used by scott mccloud that shows how the gutter stimulates time and motion when the reader uses closure.
The space between the panels of a comics.
Blood in the gutter is a glimpse into the mind of chris mccarthy comics scholar and college english teacher.
It refers to the space between the panels in a comic the gutters.
Blood in the gutter understanding comics ch 3 pdf 8 62 mb.
Blood in the gutter understanding comics ch 3 pdf.
Following are some panels from the chapter that explain this concept in lucid detail.
Blood in the gutter.
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So as this image from mccloud s understanding comics demonstrates closure can occur without the use of intervening gutters to indicate the passage of time.
Understanding comics chapter 3 blood in the gutter summary analysis scott mccloud this study guide consists of approximately 30 pages of chapter summaries quotes character analysis themes and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of understanding comics.
Blood in the gutter is the title of the third chapter in scott mccloud s the invisible art his comic book about comic books.
The gutter is the space between comic panels like the space.
There is always a tendency of assuming when one sees something.
Scott mccloud s blood in the gutter first and foremost i want to state how interesting it was to read a comic on how to interpret comics and the different story telling techniques that we might miss or neglect while reading comics.
The title of this blog is shamelessly plagiarized from a chapter in scott mccloud s book understanding comics.
In the first panel there is a man about to be attacked by another with an axe.
It is described as the perception that people have when they see a part of something the graphic novel.
