Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

“Reading Understanding Comics blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today.”

— Raina Telgemeier

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winner, 1994

The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication.

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.

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@universitythrowaway

How did you know monogamy was not for you?

As the title suggests, every time I enter a relationship—even with a "perfect" girl by RP standards (younger, virgin, cooks, cleans, submissive, affectionate, loves children, shares my beliefs)—I still find myself thinking about being with other women. My girlfriend is 21, and I’m 24.

This happened in my previous relationship as well. I spun plates for a while before committing, but once in a relationship (currently almost 2.5 years), I start thinking about being single again. I’m unsure if this feeling will ever go away. I see mixed opinions—some say they prefer a committed relationship over spinning plates, while others insist they are strictly non-monogamous.

How did you determine whether monogamy was or wasn’t for you?

Did you experience similar thoughts about other women while in a relationship? If so, did you act on them? Did those feelings eventually fade?

I feel torn. I can envision a future where I embrace non-monogamy—only spinning plates or having OLTRs. But I can also see myself settling down and starting a family with my current girlfriend, as she checks all the right boxes. Am I feeling this way due to social conditioning, or is monogamy simply unnatural for men, as history and nature seem to suggest?

I’d love to hear your experiences and insights on how you figured it out.

Those are some deep questions. Unfortunately, we came to our conclusions regarding our interest/disinterest in monogamy differently and you'll have to figure that out for yourself. If instinct is telling you to keep riding the dragon, be responsible about it, and use contraceptives when doing so.

If you don't feel yourself ready for exclusivity in a relationship, or monogamy, at this point in your life, then don't pretend for the sake of pleasing others. Make sure the females you get involved with understand that you're not interested in being exclusive from the start and let them know they're free to keep dating other guys who might. Be prepared for the females who will take that as a challenge, because they're going to be the ones who create problems for themselves with you.

Consider investing into a reliable ready reference you can pick up and study to better prepare yourself for engaging the opposite sex. I'd suggest that you get yourself a copy of Doc Love's "The System: The Dating Dictionary". Doc Love, who until his passing was also known as Tom Hodges, wrote a weekly advice column that's archive is mirrored on several mens focused sites and a podcast. His media is a bit pricey, but it's a solid foundation a guy can branch out from in RP aware circles. I'd suggest you review his advice column to decide if his view on dating and relationships is aligned with what you aspire for yourself. To save yourself a search, give this scribed link a gander to find out if his book is something you'd like to add to your library. It should also be available on libgen.

@AntoniousIV

Im 18m, they're 18f (im almost 19).

So these 2 girls came to my country through erasmus for 1 month as an exchange program. They're not the best looking but I'll take what I can get cus Im pretty high body fat rn. (85kg 186 but not ugly)

So me and my friend talked to them and we organised a date, went on a double date and went great. (no kiss or anything) Then the next day in the morning i texted them. Me: You up? Her: Yeah. Me : Do you like movies Her : Yeah why? Me: Wanna come over and watch sum? Her: We're gonna be playing basketball with your friend, you should come. (They live in the same village im 30 mins away by bus)

They did that and my friend told me that they were creeped out cus they thought I wanted to **** (ofc I did). Then next week we went out again (double date with friend)and it went alright no kiss again although she was putting her head very close to me, but I didnt lean in for the kiss for some reason.

During the ending of the date they organised next day a dinner date at their home. And I had no bus that day but was willing to pay a taxi in order to maybe smash. Next day came and she told me that the male exchange students had to attend our dinner date because the school made it necessary for them to come.

I didnt really feel like going so I made up an excuse that the taxi wasn't driving.

A few days after when my friend and them both came to the city before class they told him, that the fact that I wont go when she told me the guys were going, creeped them out aswell. And that i "didnt try to hide my intentions".

Any advice on how to not be "creepy"? Or maybe sum else, cus they called me creepy a week ago but still went on a other date and invited me home. So maybe look at her actions and not words?

Nobody cares about thots. The real concern is that you're fat and unemployed. If you're wrapping up your time in high school or starting your first year of college use your idle time to focus yourself on the first problem and use your remaining time to identify marketable skills you possess or potential trades you're interested in learning.

As for the females, consider investing into a reliable ready reference you can pick up and study to better prepare yourself for engaging the opposite sex. I'd suggest that you get yourself a copy of Doc Love's "The System: The Dating Dictionary". Doc Love, who until his passing was also known as Tom Hodges, wrote a weekly advice column that's archive is mirrored on several mens focused sites and a podcast. His media is a bit pricey, but it's a solid foundation a guy can branch out from in RP aware circles. I'd suggest you review his advice column to decide if his view on dating and relationships is aligned with what you aspire for yourself. To save yourself a search, give this scribed link a gander to find out if his book is something you'd like to add to your library. It should also be available on libgen.

@Wintergreen

Preselection

One thing I don’t get is preselection.

I thought it meant that girls liked guys who had OPTIONS, not guys who PURSUED other options.

For example: if a guy was trying to land a girl, finally had a date set, and then the day before the date he posted a picture/video at the club dancing with other girls, shouldn’t that mess up his chances with the first girl?

What if it was a selfie with another girl?

A. What does the girl think/feel when she sees that?

B. What is the point of posting that from the guy’s perspective? Does he think it will give him points, or does he just not care how it affects things even if he’s been trying for a while with the girl in question?

Don’t get me wrong, I understand that if he posted those videos WHILE she was playing hard to get it could help his chances. But once she agrees to a date, shouldn’t that hurt his chances?

Regardless of their status, females don't think like males do and never will. The sooner you come to understand this, the better. Pre-selection isn't about her liking any guy, but rather about the awareness that she has of competition for a guys time and attention such that it piques and maintains her interest. If a female you know sees images of another girl having fun with you, then she'll simply expect you to entertain her just as diligently should her turn come around. The worst thing that could happen for you wouldn't be the date flaking on you with that awareness, but rather her following-through on the date to ask who the other girl was, and why you sent them the photo.

Consider investing into a reliable ready reference you can pick up and study to better prepare yourself for engaging the opposite sex. I'd suggest that you get yourself a copy of Doc Love's "The System: The Dating Dictionary". Doc Love, who until his passing was also known as Tom Hodges, wrote a weekly advice column that's archive is mirrored on several mens focused sites and a podcast. His media is a bit pricey, but it's a solid foundation a guy can branch out from in RP aware circles. I'd suggest you review his advice column to decide if his view on dating and relationships is aligned with what you aspire for yourself. To save yourself a search, give this scribed link a gander to find out if his book is something you'd like to add to your library. It should also be available on libgen.

@First-light

The problem with modern wars is that those who get killed are not the ones who get the resources. I believe I don't have to expand on this, it's quite evident.

Then there are two kinds of madmen: those that desire war even if it has a decent chance to get them killed, and those that desire war because others will get killed in order for themselves to benefit.

The latter is a form of psychopathy, often culturally sanctioned (as your historic evidence testifies). Psychopathy is a form of madness (per Cleckley, and many others).

I can understand national consciousness, i.e. having an abstract notion that stands in for the evolved instincts towards kin, and having people gather under those banners. And I can understand having the "elite", the super rich, as stand-ins for the tribe's "Alpha". It's a kind of primitivism, dear and natural to humans.

Still, what pushes towards these extreme positions is having the women in your culture unchecked, so much so that they mess up their own children.

@Stigma Hamstering away several specific details in the original post not holding up to scrutiny. This has already worked as intended. It hit several keywords important to MAGA Identity Politics, got people defending half truths and falsehoods, and most importantly to plan, got people to not even look at much less question other far less easily sellable actions by Trump and Musk.

For the claim to be "debunked" to my mind, would require

Why loosen the definition of truth at all? You're signaling that confirmation of your preexisting biases are more important than a commitment to accepting uncomfortable truths.

I've had to ruefully accept this from Normie industry colleagues I chat with, some of whom write and debate at the elementary school level. It's never going to be acceptable in my mind, to see people in a supposedly Red Pill space treating veracity of claims so weakly.