Setting the Record Straight

Aside from the fact that McCloud's essay sticks out in the middle of Making Sense like sore thumb, he ultimately has created an illustrated genealogy of comic strips. I think the fact that it is illustrated helps demonstrate every point he is trying to make, for example, how he explains mediums on page 351. I think the fact that it is drawn makes it even more emphasized, or at least easier to understand, than an essay like Kuhn's or Percy's. Also, given what McCloud is taking about, I think it helps make his point even clearer, than if he had just written it out; you can see the difference between comics and sequential art. In addition, I think it's interesting how McCloud shows how nearly every from of art, if you apply the definition of sequential art, could be considered a comic.