Lab3-+Week+4

Do you agree with McLuhan when states comics are an extension of photographic media? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree that comics are an extension of photographic media. Comics, like photography, allows its audience to interpret the portrayed image. Similarly, the audience participates by interpreting the story of the comic which can have a different interpretation from another person reading the comic. As McLuhan agrees that the drawing "provide very little data about any particular moment in time, or aspect in space, of an object. The viewer, or reader, is compelled to participate in completing and interpreting the few hints provided by the bounding lines," (McLuhan). The reader actively participates with interpreting the comic strip story telling similarly with a photograph. Like a photograph, the comic strip can be interpreted by a 1000 words.