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Personally, I'm not sure that Felice Picano's visit did that much for me in but what stuck with me most about Picano's visit was his concept of how individual's different social environments inform their interactions. As I mentioned earlier this semester, my experience with men has been very limited and consequently I don't know much about them. Before this section on masculinity, I had partially dismissed men which is the reason why I very excited about this topic because I wanted my experience to be challenged. Reading Jimmy Corrigan and our discussion after really opened my eyes to the complexities of masculinity. What struck me in particular is Howard's comment that men as individuals, contrary to as a social group, feel a powerlessness. This, I think really explains the character of Jimmy Corrigan. As I was reading the graphic novel several other things grabbed my attention as well specifically was the older, color block style of the pictures themselves, the confusing nature of the plot, and the unresolved lonliness of Jimmy. They all seemed to work together to communicate these complexities in a way that I think words could not.