Here’s how cartoonist and teacher Paul Karasik ended his lecture “How To Read a Comic” yesterday:
“Here’s the only thing you need to remember from this talk: ‘Study something you love to death’—I mean ‘depth’! [laughter] ‘Study something you love in depth.’ I just gave you an hour, so tonight give me 45 minutes. Spend 45 minutes tonight studying something you love. Watch the first five minutes of your favorite movie 7 times. You will notice new things.”
Check out Paul’s books: City of Glass, The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks, and the forthcoming How To Read Nancy. (You can read the classic comics essay of the same name here.)