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Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics

by Scott McCloud

1994IllustrationsTechniqueCartooningComicsComic Books
4.2
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About this book

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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IllustrationsTechniqueCartooningComicsComic BooksArt
First published 1994

Setting

1994

About the author

Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud

10 June 1960

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

Author

Scott McCloud

First published

1994

Pages

215

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

19

Languages

English, French, German

Publisher

Kitchen Sink Press

ISBN

9788364858062

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