Lucid and accessible, it is an astonishing feat of perception. With this book Scott McCloud has taken breathtaking leaps towards establishing a critical language that the comic art form can work with and build upon in the future. “ Understanding Comics is quite simply the best analysis of the medium that I have ever encountered. You might still feel you've wasted your life, but you'll know why, and you'll be proud." "If you've ever felt bad about wasting your life reading comics, then check out Scott McCloud's classic book immediately. Neil Gaiman, Coraline, The Graveyard Book 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.” “With Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics the dialogue on and about what comics are and, more importantly, what comics can be has begun. Winner of the Harvey and Eisner Award, the Alph'art Award at Angoulême, and a New York Times Notable Book for 1994 (mass market edition).Ĭlosure, reader participation between the panels. Understanding Comics has been translated into 16 languages, excerpted in textbooks, and its ideas applied in other fields such as game design, animation, web development, and interface design.
Black and White with 8-page color section.Ī 215-page comic book about comics that explains the inner workings of the medium and examines many aspects of visual communication.
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