Response to McCloud Comic

I was a little confused about the purpose of the comic, at first. I went into it assuming from the preceding discussion that it would be a persuasive piece, attempting to convince readers of the validity of comics as literature. I kept waiting for it to happen, but it never really did. Finally I realized it was meant to be an explanation of the art and not necessarily an argument. What I liked about it was that it showed the inadequacies of text alone. It's unlikely I could have understood half of the modes and jargon explained without the example pictures. Sometimes writing just doesn't cut it, and the essay was able to display this without making an argument at all.