Understanding Comics Chapters 1-4

What is real literature? Real literature is interesting and engaging. Real literature forces the reader to think about what is going on and reflect on his or her own life. Honestly before reading chapters 1-4 of Scott McCLOUD'S understanding comics I knew very little about the art form of comics. My knowledge of comics went as far as the Sunday newspaper, once in a blue moon I would read Garfield, and other comics in which I no longer recall the titles. Not to say that I didn't like comics per say, just that I wasn't always interested and wasn't able to appreciate the art of comics without a basic understanding. I enjoyed reading the first four chapter of Understanding Comics, I read it a little bit at work and then when I got out of work. The pictures kept me interested, sometimes late at night I read a newspaper, book, or magazine to help me fall asleep but I was able to stay awake reading the whole 4 chapters, which to me is amazing and unusual. I am very excited to see what is to come in upcoming chapters.