Understanding Comics - by Scott McCloud (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This detail-packed book includes a history of comics that reaches back to pre-Columbian picture manuscripts and Egyptian monuments and a running analysis of comics as art, literature, and communication.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>You must read this book. </strong>--<strong>Neil Gaiman</strong><br/></p><p><strong>The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication.</strong></p><p>Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's <em>Understanding Comics</em> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"BRAVO!! ... A landmark dissection and intellectual consideration of comics as a valid medium. ... Anyone interested in this literary form must read it."--Will Eisner<br><br>"Reading <em>Understanding Comics</em> blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today."--Raina Telgemeier<br><br>"Cleverly disguised as an easy-to-read comic book, Scott McCloud's simple-looking tome deconstructs the secret language of comics while casually revealing secrets of time, space, art and the cosmos! The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time. Bravo."--Art Spiegelman<br><br>"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<br><br>"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 for anyone interested in narrative of any kind."--Alison Bechdel<br><br>"The best analysis of the medium that I have ever encountered."--Alan Moore<br>
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