Understanding Comics

Author:   Scott McCloud
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
ISBN:  

9780060976255


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 May 2001
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 17 years
Format:   Paperback
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"""You must read this book."" —Neil Gaiman The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication. Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form."

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Author:   Scott McCloud
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   William Morrow Paperbacks
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780060976255


ISBN 10:   006097625
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 May 2001
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A landmark dissection and intellectual consideration of comics as a valid medium. -- Will Eisner McCloud is the McLuhan of comics. -- James Gurney, Dinotopia


If you read, write, teach or draw comics; if you want to; or if you simply want to watch a master explainer at work, you must read this book. -- Neil Gaiman McCloud's masterwork is not just an indispensable treatise on comics, it's also the best primer around on visual literacy and the mechanics of storytelling. A must-read for anyone interested in narrative of any kind. -- Alison Bechdel Cleverly disguised as an easy-to-read comic book, Scott McCloud's simple-looking tome deconstructs the secret language of comics while casually revealing secrets of time, space, art and the cosmos! The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time. Bravo. -- Art Spiegelman Reading Understanding Comics blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today. -- Raina Telgemeier The best analysis of the medium that I have ever encountered. -- Alan Moore


If you read, write, teach or draw comics; if you want to; or if you simply want to watch a master explainer at work, you must read this book. -- Neil Gaiman McCloud's masterwork is not just an indispensable treatise on comics, it's also the best primer around on visual literacy and the mechanics of storytelling. A must-read for anyone interested in narrative of any kind. -- Alison Bechdel Cleverly disguised as an easy-to-read comic book, Scott McCloud's simple-looking tome deconstructs the secret language of comics while casually revealing secrets of time, space, art and the cosmos! The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time. Bravo. -- Art Spiegelman Reading Understanding Comics blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today. -- Raina Telgemeier The best analysis of the medium that I have ever encountered. -- Alan Moore BRAVO!! ... A landmark dissection and intellectual consideration of comics as a valid medium. ... Anyone interested in this literary form must read it. -- Will Eisner


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"Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. Winner of the Eisner and Harvey awards, his works have been translated into more than sixteen languages. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called him ""just about the smartest guy in comics."" He lives with his family in southern California. His online comics and inventions can be found at scottmccloud.com."

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