Suppose we were given two different pictures one where a man is standing straight and one where we see him lying on ground with a bloody hammer nearby. When we see both of this image our brain immediately recognizes the images as two ends and mentally forms a pattern for what happened in between using our past experiences. It automatically tries to fill in the missing information gap. We may not even be aware of it. Say for example seeing the two pictures I imagined that somebody hit the man with the hammer and that is why he fell. This ability to fill in the gap by piecing together the information we already have is known as Closure.
Now let’s talk a little bit about closure in comics. Closure in comics is the "phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole" (McCloud, pg. 63). For example, a reader immediately recognizes what happens between two panels of comic book mentally. Depending on the situation we as audience can come up without …show more content…
I feel more productive when I am alone than I am in a group. Since this was my first encounter with closure I was not sure how to work on the assignment. So, I visited caps where I worked on my assignment with the literature tutors. Working alone, the only option to learn from was internet and it was very tedious at times. Sometimes we can’t find what we are looking for. At caps I was not the only person there. Although I was feeling uncomfortable at beginning everything turned out to be great. I was able to write most of my assignment with very less effort. Help was right there whenever I called for it So, that made it a lot easier to work. I had a discussion with Tony one of the tutors and he was the one who helped me design and format the assignment. He also showed me a book called Understanding Comics, which really helped me broaden my concept about comic books and its visual effects. I was quickly able to find the answers to my questions in my new study stop than my old