- Authorship, Comic books, strips, History and criticism, Bandes dessinées
Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.
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- warmbleak
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- Author
- Scott McCloud
- First published
- September 5, 2006
- Pages
- 264
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial, Turtleback Books, Topeka Bindery
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780060780944
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Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic non-linear medium. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics: *Understanding Comics* (1993), *Reinventing Comics* (2000), and *Making Comics* (2006), all of which also use the medium of comics. See [TED talk](http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html) from McCloud. **Source**: [Scott McCloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCloud) on Wikipedia
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