Comics. A Textbook Take. at 6:00 AM

After reading the first portion of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics i still don't find myself understanding them very well. most everyone has read a comic or two since their childhood. As a eleven year old i was an avid reader of Jim Davis' Garfield. I still read the funnies page in the Sunday newspaper, but even these years of experience have not given me much insight into the inner workings of the graphic novel. McCloud's first chapter (comics have chapters?what?) dives into the depths of the history of the comic, and how ancient Egyptians used their resources to illustrate their stories with a pictorial alphabet. i find them much easier to read now that i have learned that they should be read from the bottom left to the top right.