Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics"; Character Faces

After reading McCloud's "Understanding Comics", I've noticed that I tend to try to find face in what I read as well. It might be said with all writing really but society might personify characters to relate to them move and be invested within the story. We want to connect to a new different environment that’s a little similar to the one we live in. The pictorial icons that represent realistic figures tend to get more interest in adventure comics like from DC, Marvel, “the Walking Dead” series. These comics have given us specific details that are similar to our own so we can take the tone of these comics with either a serious one, or a average one that’s relatable to the audience. But with the use of Amplification through simplification, cartoon like facial features like Archie or Charlie Brown, it helps eliminate unnecessary details. It leads to more focus on the story and setting rather than the depiction of the character. Rather than your eyes try to form a realistic head on the character “Charlie Brown”, you start to shape the circles and swirls into a face caricature. You focus more on the line of dialogue and situation rather than if the face is realistic. This causes you to relate more to what’s going on in the story. This is what I got out of the book and I feel he hit the nail on the hammer. I’ve felt that I could understand the characters and setting without being taken out of the plot. I see humanity in the characters and start to relate more in how they act. Even in shape’s that are no way similar to my own. I have a feeling that I always knew about the perception but no one can describe the experience until I’ve read this story. I hope many others would realize that the image of the character isn’t as important as human will always see humanity in things, even in things that aren’t defined by shape.