Scott McCloud's Wisdom on Faces

Describe the difference between a cartoonish face and a more realistic face in comics. What is the effect of each? What is the significance of their differences?

A cartoonish face achieves amplification through simplification. This means that by getting rid of very detailed images it allows the reader to focus on specific details that strip the image down to its essential meaning. A face becomes not just any face but a face that you can see yourself in. It allows for reader participation to the point where you see a cartoonish face and you really see your own.
A realistic face face is drawn to be realistic and detailed thus when you view such a descriptive drawing you see the face of another and it shows a world outside. It is a complex and realistic, even specific person you are looking at. Instead of looking within at yourself. A cartoonish face allows for identification and a realistic face allows for a real look at a story that is going on outside of your world.

Reading this work I could not help but notice how directly the author addressed his readers. At first, I found this to be quite distracting and a little overbearing. As I kept reading I realized that this technique allowed for the learning process to be much for hands on and interactive. I then wondered if the book had addressed this material in a action story form if my attention would have been held even better. Lots of big panels with detailed scenes, I thought, would invite the reader into a learning world. After giving it a little more thought I came to the conclusion that directly addressing the reader not only was interactive but also allowed for me to connect to a simply drawn person who was simply addressing me. Not only addressing but making a plea for comics as an art and struggling to show that to the world. This form allowed for the honesty that I think, was needed to connect and care about the book. It was great.