I found this reading to be very interest. I admit, I did not know much about comics before reading this. I never really got into comics, I only read a couple ones from the sunday paper every once and a while. I will admit that before reading this I did think of comics as just short little silly pieces made solely for the purpose of making you laugh. After reading this I have a much different opinion of comics.

I had no idea that comics could be used in a professional manor. Comics is simply a medium. I am excited to read a comic that tells a story because I have never done that before. They layout of the piece we just read was really fun and easy to read, yet very informative. Actually I feel that comics could have more of an impact than straight paragraphs because they can be more easily remembered. 

I found the whole section about icons to be very interesting and so true. I liked how he described cartooning as "amplification through simplification". While it may come off that cartoons eliminate features, the author points out that its not eliminating it but rather amplifying specific features that make it unique or easily recognizable. I really liked this reading and its made me excited to read a story in comic form.