McCloud: " The Right Number"

Comic books are different types of books that come in the form of a magazine , with thin paper. The illustrations in comic books look more realistic than ordinary books and they tell a story. Although, I have never been a fan of comic books, they seem to be the most interesting form of books to read. Comic books are usually books that children are interested in, but McCloud writes comics for the more adult comics.



In Chapter two, McCloud says,"But when you enter the world of the cartoon, you see yourself....The cartoon is a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled, an empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel into another realm. We don't just observe the cartoon we become it!" With this being said, I feel that McCloud writes comics that people can relate to in one way or another.



The comic I chose to read was entitled,"The Right Number." I have never read any of his comics before so they were all new to me. I also enjoyed the fact that you could read the comic online. It was like watching a movie. When you see comic books, you think of superheroes or comical comics, but his comics tell a story. This comic, in particular, told a story that many of us students can relate to. It involved college grad students, dates, relationships, ans sex. As college students we have all been in these kinds of situations. Reading his comic was like watching a love story, with a twist. It started out with a guy named o had been going to the library everyday to meet a girl. They were grad students in the math department. He finally approached her and they began to date. Their relationship was a typical relationship, in which they shared their thoughts and talked about life.

Their relationship became serious and within a year, they were living together. Things start out fine, but the two of them begin to argue. I can relate to this because I was in the same situation. Throughout this story, the name of the man was not given, only the names of the women. He thought he was calling his girlfriend, Jodie, but he ended up calling, Julie. He went on the date with Julie and did not recognize that it was not her until the end of the date. He called the wrong girl because their two phone numbers were so close, 7-0-6-3 and 7-0-6-7. Eventually he and Jodie ended their relationship. He called Julie and their relationship began, he felt that it was fate that got them to meet. In the end, their relationship failed and he was back at square one. In the end both Jodie and Julie said that he was not in touch with his emotions, he acted as though nothing bothered him. McCloud's comic told a very interesting story that contained many twists that kept you wanting to read more.

This comic involved a relationship that anyone can relate to in one way or another. It was not a typical love story that you see all of the time. Although it told a love story, this comic used mathematics as a way of fate. The man in this comic used similarities in phone numbers as ways of finding the right girl.

Part two of this comic was a little more confusing and involved a lot of numbers and mathematical terms. It seemed as though the man in the comic went backwards instead of forwards and he never seemed to admit that he might have been the problem. Reading this comic has made me very interested in reading McCloud's other comics.