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How can Mccloud say that we can identify with cartoon characters? I thought the idea of a cartoon was to be so abstract that we couldn’t identify with it and that is why we could accept such strange and surreal situations.
How can Mccloud say that we can identify with cartoon characters? I thought the idea of a cartoon was to be so abstract that we couldn’t identify with it and that is why we could accept such strange and surreal situations.
sabbak 
Cartoons are kind of like reading a book and watching a TV show at the same time. We find strange and surreal situations in movies, books, TV, etc. and people still find characteristics to relate to. Perhaps we are always looking for a way to fit in to different situations, even if it’s a hypothetical one in a cartoon. A lot of characters in comics in the newspaper face the same everyday situations and obstacles as we do. I think for these reasons we can identify with cartoon characters as McCloud suggests.
This was initially my thought as well because cartoons have such ridiculous and unrealistic events taking place. But, I can sort of understand McCloud’s view here. Cartoons are basically artistic representations of us (most of the time) and anytime we see somebody or something that looks like us, we identify with it,