What I liked in Chapter 2 is the point he makes about how when you look at a picture of something, it’s not the actual item. He uses the example of a picture of a pipe, and how its not a pipe, it’s a “printed copy of a drawing of a painting of a pipe.” I also like how he explained how human nature is to see you in everything. If someone draws a circle with two dots and a line, we automatically see it as a person. We insert ourselves into it. He explained how if he had made a more detailed picture of himself in the book, we would likely not listen.
He gets a bit complicated whenever he writes, and I think some of the stuff is unnecessary. I think he does well for the most part, but he seems to go way out of the way to prove his point. He got into a whole rant about what you see in a comic and about how some comics make theirs more complicated, or less complicated, but you must always have room to see yourself in it.
I think the point he was trying to get across in this chapter was that humans like to be able to insert themselves in whatever they see in order to understand best. Comics often are very simple, and it is so you can see yourself and create your own life for it.
Discussion Question: What would happen if all comics were detailed?
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