Applying Scott McCloud's "Show & Tell" to a Modern Image.
In the provided reading this week, Scott McCloud uses comic form to utilize both pictures and words, explaining the importance of the integration of the two alongside one another, but also showing the power that comes from separating the two. McCloud explains that there can be playful competition in images that combine both words and picture, but that this can "subvert the overall goals".
The first figure below is of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder. (Image from www.bloggingthenebula.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/britain-ignored-lawyers-advice-in-threatening-ecuador-over-julian-assange-e1345344103171-640x360.png )
The second figure is some basic generated text, stating "Freedom Of Speech". Retrieved/generated from/at from www.pixlr.com
The third figure an image we generated combining the Assange image and the "Freedom Of Speech" text. Retrieved/generated from/at www.pixlr.com
All three are very powerful forms of visual rhetoric, each with their own direct messages.
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FIGURE 2
FIGURE 3
