Blog # 2

“Another is the universality of cartoon imagery. The more cartoony a face is, for instance, the more people it could be said to describe” (McCloud 8).
This quote sticks out like a sore thumb from the rest of them, it caught me by surprise. What McCloud is trying to say is that the more stripped down a face can be, the more options it has behind it. We can involve ourselves in the thought of that one character. Looking into an empty shell of a stripped down face places us in that character’s shoes to experience the magic behind it. It can also be looked as a way to connect with others in similarities, our identities may not be the same but our background is. Is McCloud trying to say we all have the same face if we took of the detail? I personally think we do because we all come from the same roots. We add on the detail but underneath lies the web of similarity that we all connect to. That empty shell we step into and fill the void. An example can be seen in cartoons themselves. When everyone was younger they have all seen cartoons I’m sure. I had this one cartoon where I would look at the character and picture myself as him. It was the stripped down context of that character that allowed me to compare myself. The point is that his empty context could allow anyone to connect in similar contrast to him.

If cars can accelerate with the use of gasoline, humans should be able to as well.
This is a logical fallacy because it because it is a false analogy. The two are unconnected ideas that cannot be analyzed together. Cars can accelerate using gasoline because of how they are manufactured; humans do not have that need.

If ever there was an idea custom-made for a Jay Leno monologue, this was it: marriage counseling. Isn’t that like the worst experience two people can have? Whatever happened to just smacking each other up?
I happen to sympathize with this atrocity, though, perhaps because my wife tends to beat me a little too much.