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Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud
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Description for Understanding Comics
Paperback. A look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning. Using comics to examine the medium itself, the author takes the form of a cartoon character and explains the structure, meaning, and appeal of comics, and provides a running analysis of comics as art, literature, and communication. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w cartoons throughout, 7pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication You must read this book. - Neil Gaiman 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.
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication You must read this book. - Neil Gaiman 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.
Product Details
Publisher
WmMorrowPB
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780060976255
SKU
V9780060976255
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About Scott McCloud
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding Comics
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more