An interesting thought came to me while reading Hatfield's piece. Specifically the Chris Ware portion on page 38. He discusses the radical style Ware uses to combine image and text. Although he admits near the end of the page that "few comics test the limits of the form so rigorously", can we adequately compare superhero comics of the 40's and 50's and newspaper comic strips to a work such as Ware's "I Guess"? Or do comics fall into the same cliche as other art forms where there is content which is considered "artsy" and content which is considered "for the masses"?
I think it's an important distinction if we want to continue analyzing all forms of comics or just the ones "that make you think".
-Jeff
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