Paper Reading # 1 : Sequential Art for Science and CHI

Reference
Sequential Art for Science and CHI
Duncan Rowland
CHI 2010: Monsters Attack!   April 10-15, 2010   Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Summary
This paper tries to present sequential art as a way to improve the way you interact with science and with education. Rowland claims that relaying on a specific method to communicate information can cause this type of method to lose its meaning. He tries to convey this idea by providing as an example a power point presentation. He says that sequential art helps us visualize real world experiences and relate to them. There are two experiments presented in sequential art format which are a windmill science project and a theme park ride portraying physical reactions. Both of the groups involved with these experiments seemed to enjoy presenting information in a sequential art format.


Discussion
I had to read the comic a couple of times before deciding if I had understood the point Rowland was trying to make. The first thing that worries me personally when I start to read is how many pages make up what I am about to read. However, when I read this comic it helped me to read it much faster, and I was able to completely understand Rowland's reasoning behind sequential art. I could not agree more with the statement Rowland makes regarding how a human brain fills in the missing information. This comic definitely contains less words than a ten page article; yet wherever there are words missing the pieces of art help your brain imagine or deduce what the images are trying to portray.