I think the idea of copyrighting makes sense. Personally if I ever come up with an idea or product I am definitely going to make sure it is copy righted, I would definitely not want someone to someone to steal my idea as their own. Copyrighting is a very good idea in most cases, while in others it is kind of pointless. As discussed in class characters like Hercules or other mythological characters are all commonly used as characters and yet companies copyright their character as if the origins of it were their idea in the first place, when in fact they were not. On the other hand this version of it was their creation, so while i do not think they should be able to copyright the name I do believe they should be able to copyright the product they have created.
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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