Summary Of Show And Tell By Scott Mccloud

Unknown Relationships

For kids, it all started with coloring books and Clifford the Big Red Dog, but as time passed by those books were stripped from them and books with words like “auspicious” and “ebullient” started to appear. In Scott McCloud’s graphic essay, Show and Tell, the relationship between words and illustrations are introduced. The strategy McCloud uses to explain the relationship is excellent because he himself uses illustrations and words. McCloud does not agree with the standard definition of comics, “words and pictures in combination,” (Show and Tell, p.741) and instead unfolds his interpretation of the word through categories. McCloud shows the different relationships words and illustrations can have and how, contrary to

He states that “words and pictures are like partners in a dance and each one takes turns leading” (pg. 745). This is an important example because through logos he is, according to According to Durham Technology Community College, using logic “to support [his] claim.” He shows how if they don’t work together, “both partners try to lead,” then they won’t be able to achieve the same goal. And with this text there is an image of a male shoe stepping on the shoe of a female shoe and the exclamation “YOW!” This brings back his categories, which is showing an example of interdependent. If the text wasn’t there, then picture would just be a shoe stepping on another shoe and the text would not make sense. The next scenes show how words and pictures work hand in hand and the example of people dancing augments logic to his

It depends on how they want it to affect their work and what they want their readers to read. The ending of his graphic essay finishes up with ethos, pathos, and logos. McCloud knows that no matter how detailed and specific he can explain the different categories of the word comic, it is all up to the “creator’s instincts” (pg. 750). This is where the audience thinks about whether or not they have actually been careful with the works they have done, if they have done the right research, if they were careful enough. McCloud then goes on to explain as to why now it’s the best time to create comics. This leads on to ethos, and that is how with the abundant resources that are available today and lack of it centuries ago comics still existed. For his final scene he states, “—when to tell was to show—and to show was to tell.” This means that the words “show” and “tell” have the same meaning, they are interchangeable. Throughout the years, society has started to treat them as words with different meanings and therefore they don’t relate to each other. This explains the task students are asked to do at a young age. They are told to bring a toy to class that they can physically show to everybody and then tell them about it. But by showing the toy, they are telling them what it