- Illustrations, Technique, Cartooning, Comics
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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- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Scott McCloud
- First published
- April 27, 1994
- Pages
- 215
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks, Kitchen Sink Pr (Nrt), Tandem Library
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- German, French, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788440654991
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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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